These were shot with a kind of lens I feel like it's really easy to get fine shots with because it's a.) fairly limited with its specs (80 mm f/5.6) and quite sharp wide open b.) really well corrected with excellent color rendition and c.) decent flare resistance because of its recessed design. Nothing spectacular perhaps, but really nice to work with all around.
With glowing certainty by simple.joy, on Flickr
Color: fall over the place by simple.joy, on Flickr
Simplejoy,
Thank you. I was just reading the other night that strong colors translate well into black and white. I think I'm going to experiment with that a little.
Steve Thomas
Simplejoy,
I'm glad you liked the two-colored VW bug. Thanks for noticing the flower. It turned out better than I thought it would. I took this picture of the flower during cloudy weather. I experimented using F13, to keep all of the flower sharp.
Simplejoy,
I like the red leaf photo the best. It has strong contrast with the rest of the image. The eye is drawn towards it.
This is just a test.
I took one shot with my lens cap on - with a speed of 1/500 and the ISO set to 100 to create a black background.
The I inserted an overlay (I layered in a second shot) of a flower that I took last year.
Finally, using the eraser tool with a black eraser, I removed all the background from the flower shot.
What do you think?
Steve Thomas
Steve,
That's great. Would this look better if the flower was positioned a little bit higher? A few months ago, I took pictures of tulips and used the shadows to create a dark background. What you are doing with this experiment is similar, by removing background distracting elements. Also you could have made the flower larger from my perspective. But that's a personal decision; try different things to see what you might like best. Good job!
Dig,
Thank you for your encouragement.
That was my first attempt.
How about this one? (I promise, I won't make a habit of this).
Steve Thomas
Nice series Digirame. #3 is my favourite.
Beautiful series mocha, that DIF (Dragonfly-In-Flight 😉) is brilliant, great capture.
As usual the weather is bouncing around. That heat wave, all that rain, and now it's nice sunny/cloudy/autumnal weather. I hope it stays like this for a while.
I like this 'un.
This one is perfect, IMO. Well done.
Hi Digirame, Thank You.
"That ISO5000 image looks wonderful." The 7D mkII was pretty good at high ISO's but nowhere near as good as some of the entry level cameras of today. What gives me such clean and sharp images is todays software, it's amazing. There was so many Dragonflies around the lake that first morning it was finding the calmer ones that did the trick. 😀
Hi simplejoy, Thank You.
Hi simplejoy,
Love the colours and the sun outlining the wildflowers in your first photo.
Hi Dunlin, Thank You.
I'm off to the Midlands this week so hopefully it'll stay dry, that's all I ask. 😀
@stevet1 regarding your moon shot, I think it's mainly a matter of exposure. A full-ish moon is simply by far the brightest thing around at night.
Something I recently learnt about the moon;
There is one very interesting phenomenon concerning the phase of the moon and the amount of light it gives us. As the bright part of the moon glows, the amount of light we recieve also grows, as we would expect. However, it does not go up regularly, but exponentially. A full moon doesn't give us twice the light that we get when half the moon is illuminated, but ten times as much. The reason for this is something called the "opposition effect"...
Steve,
That's a beautiful flower. Now you can do the same thing with other objects, like your cat...or really anything. Have fun experimenting.
Dunlin,
Thanks. What may make these "bugs" interesting for you all is their popularity both here in US and Europe.
