Scott, I really like this one! The way the leaf undulates is fascinating. Nice composition and exposure, too.
Rick --- Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've always been inspired by Paul Caponigro's still > life work. Last > month's issue of LensWork featured a photographer by > the name of Guy > Gagnon, a French Canadian living in Belgium. His > photographs are > black and white renderings of dried plants against a > black velvet > background. Since it's snowing outside and I didn't > really feel like > getting out, I draped a black sweatshirt over a > dining chair, parked > it next to the window, and took a few frames of this > leaf that > recently fell off one of my wife's plants. > > http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/PDMLPESO/photo#5035527265195980162 > > I shot this with the K100D and 18-55 kit lens at > 45mm, f11, 0.3 > seconds, -1.5EV, ISO 200, and then tinkered around > with it a bit in > Picasa. I think it needs more depth of field. I > think I need a > better understanding of black and white conversion. > I know I'm going > to want that 35mm Macro Limited. > > Comments and critiques most welcome. Thanks for > looking. > > -- > Scott Loveless > http://www.twosixteen.com > Shoot more film! > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by "Green Rating" at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
