The Autumn flower

Posted by JaneG on Sun Sep 28, 2014 2:39 pm

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High key capture, shooting up into the soft autumnal late afternoon sky. Critical to expose for the flower not the background. Two focus stacked images and a bit of cleaning up the background.
85L Portrait lens as usual with extension tubes so I can use f1.8 . ISO 200 shutter speed 1/640. Hand held and manual focus.
(Are you happy Gary B that I gave my settings without prompting)

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Jane

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by wtracyparnell on Sun Sep 28, 2014 6:04 pm

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Great high key shot, the OOF effects work very well, nice image.

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by swanuck on Sun Sep 28, 2014 6:42 pm

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nice high key like it a lot

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by Tom Whelan on Sun Sep 28, 2014 8:12 pm

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Beautiful feathery sepals, nice petal colors and wide open look.

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by jerryb on Mon Sep 29, 2014 8:02 am

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Well done to get both flowers in focus. Nice techniques.

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by Matthew Pugh on Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:40 pm

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Hi

I like the exposure and look of the bloom / surround - the comp works as well, although personally I might have played a bit with rotation to get an off centre stem look

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by Gary Briney on Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:15 pm

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Yes, Jane I'm very happy that you included the shooting data without prompting -- thanks! And I'm glad to see that you haven't lost your touch with the 85L.