I first shot the poppy on manual exposure because I was using the Vivitar Series 1 macro, an ancient but excellent 90/2.5 without any electrical connects. I merely set the stop, aimed at some green grass and pushed the button. However, I used the lightsphere and 540 flash for this shot. Since flash PTTL doesn't work with manual lenses (you get a full power flash), I just started at a guesstimated f11/ 1/125th. I think I ended up shooting it at f8, 1/180th. (I bumped the shutter speed up to cut down on ambient exposure and darken the background grass a bit more.) Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Christine Aguila" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Congrats, Paul. & I like the photo. What is the trick to metering yellow > flowers? Mine always suck. Cheers, Christine > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 10:38 PM > Subject: PESO: Success! > > > >I doubt that anyone remembers, but early this spring I asked about > > wild California poppies and whether or not they could be cultivated > > here in the midwest. My best friend, who lives in Santa Barbara, had > > given me some seeds, and I was determined to grow some flowers. Well, > > my California Poppies are blooming-- several months later than they > > bloom out there on the coast. But they're looking good. I shot a pic > > of one with the K20D, the Vivitar 90/2.5 macro, the 540 flash and the > > lightsphere in dome up mode. Not a great pic, but it does confirm > > that I have indeed grown a wild California Poppy way back here in > > Michigan. > > Paul > > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7441564 > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions.
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