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Another w/e of rain so I am trying some indoor macro. Used the twin lite macro lite @ -3 and the 580EX II as the slave set up behind the flower in ETTL.
40D
f22
100mm macro
AV/Eval + 1/3
1/3 s
ISO 400
WB 5200
BG is a pic I printed.
Comments/suggestions appreciated
Last edited by Jackie Schuknecht; 06-26-2010 at 05:24 PM. Reason: fixed part of the petal and sharpened the stamen
Hi Jackie, nice job controlling the light along with a different view of the subject showing it's interior. Good choice of backround and the slight offset diagonal placement. Well thought out...
I would consider increasing the contrast a bit. Otherwise, love the colors and the composition ! There seems to be some horizontal lines/patches in the background. Not sure what they are but not really a deal breaker for me.
One thing I find interesting is you had to reduce the flash-light exposure by 3 (3 stops?), increased the AV by 1/3 and resulted in a shutter speed of 1/3s which I think was determined by the camera with or without the flash.
Last edited by Desmond Chan; 06-26-2010 at 12:29 PM.
Very nice, Jackie. Love the colors and composition. I also noticed the streaky spots in the bg, but didn't bother me too much. Nice work with the lighting.
Desmond I'm not quite sure if I was at -3 or not. Doesn't show in the EXIF. Just trying to practice with the macro flash and thought I'd try the slave too. The BG is a texture picture that I printed up. I probably should have turned it the other way so it might have looked like grass. It was either that or a white wall.
Hi Jackie....nice color and exposure. Looks great!
Jackie, next time you want to use flash, try shooting in manual exposure mode. Aperture-priority mode does not give you any advantage and in fact could give you undesirable shutter speeds to work with depending on the scenery.Originally Posted by Jackie Schuknecht
Tried manual, but then I can't use live view which gives me great focusing for macro.:( Thanks for the advice though I will keep it in mind for other types of shooting.
Nailed it Jackie - lots to like here.
Exposure looks good and like the composition.
Good one!!
Beautiful flower and nice composition, Jackie. Most pleasing! Once you fix the minor problems with the BG in PS, including a dust bunny on the left side, you will have a big winner IMO.
Tried a gaussian blur on the BG, removed dust bunnies (sensor cleaning time!), and tried smoothing out some of the streaks. Thanks for the comments.
I like the repost Looks great..
Re post looks much bette Jackie !! On suggestion light wise is trying to incorporate a diffuser? .. interesting !!!
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