Thank you Garg ji for the useful tips. I will try out the manual focus, although the rest seems as complicated as Botany!.
regards, Rashida. Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:33:50 +0530 Subject: [indiantreepix:21311] Re: Sharing of Experience: Plant Photography From: [email protected] To: [email protected] CC: [email protected] Hi, Rajesh ji, I think all the above basic points I suggested are applicable. I would like others to share their experiences. 2009/10/22 Rajesh Sachdev <[email protected]> Thanks Gargji, I am using OLYMPUS SP570UZ camera, which is semi-SLR kind of prosumer camera, almost equuipped ith all function , which normally DSLR has. Kindly suggest few tricks for such camera holders who use digital equipments. 2009/10/22 J.M. Garg <[email protected]> Thanks, Vijayasankar ji, It's a very good subject. Just to start with, I offer a few broad suggestions for a layman (which will go a long way in improving ones' plant images) for plant photography: 1. Try to use 'Manual' focus instead of 'Auto' focus as it gives better control etc. Try to learn Manual Focus for those who has not done so till now & see the dramatic results themselves. 2. Similarly use in-built 'Flash' in 'Manual' focus generally except where the plant/ flower is white or in bright sunlight. 3. Try to use ISO 100 or less to minimise noise, in a Manual/ Shutter priority/ Aperture priority mode. 4. Try to have shutter speed of 1/x or more if one is using Lens at x mm e.g. if one has set one's Lens at say 55 mm, shutter speed should be min. 1/55 sec. for a clear picture. 5. One should use shutter priority mode (with small lenses say upto 65 mm) by setting shutter speed at 1/x to get more depth for brightly lit plants instead of aperture priority mode.6. Process a bit for levels, shadow/ highlight and brightness/ contrast in suitable photo processing software. 2009/10/22 Vijayasankar Raman <[email protected]> Dear Garg ji and all, I feel this is high time to discuss about plant photography. Thanks to Dr. Rawat ji for pointing out the issue that is always there in our minds. Taking good plant picture, showing features that may be helpful in identification, is crucial and comes by experience. Since there are many expert photographers in our group, i wish, their experience can be shared among other members too. It will surely help this group in building up of a QUALITY image database of Indian plants with GOOD pictures. In my experience, I learnt that just taking tight close up of flower (of course it will look beautiful) will not be enough and many pictures of the same plant showing a habit with habitat in the background, a twig that shows the arrangement of leaves and flowers and fruits etc. required to describe a species completely. For some species even number of seeds is a key character, hence, whenever i collect a Crotalaria species i always split a pod and take photo of seeds, at least to know the seeds are more than 30 or less than 10 etc. Similarly glands, exudations, stipules etc are to be covered in the picture to establish correct identity of certain species. So, the learners (new to photography) can ask questions (like how to set camera when the background light is more than that of the object? or how to focus a flower when its parts are in different planes? etc.) and the experts may like to answer based on their experience. As a learner, i have many questions relating to plant photography too and I hope many others also may need experts' advice in this regard. Thank you -- With regards R. Vijayasankar FRLHT, Bangalore -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en -- Regards Rajesh Sachdev ------------------------------------------------------------ http://picasaweb.google.co.in/leopardguy www.rajesh-sachdev.blogspot.com -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' Image Resource of thousands of my images of Birds, Butterflies, Flora etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Indiantreepix:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix?hl=en _________________________________________________________________ New Windows 7: Find the right PC for you. 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