On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:41:17PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: > Larry Colen wrote: > >On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:05:01PM -0300, Luiz Felipe wrote: > > > >>others - very interesting. Light seems harsh in some others... > > Larry, that was what struck me about these too, I'm afraid. If roses had > eyes, in many of these shots they'd be squinting or squeezed shut. :-)
It's definitely a learning experience. I could make all sorts of excuses, but to be honest the harshness of the lighting didn't even occur to me. On future trips there, I think I'll change my MO to spending more time on fewer photos. At least I hope so. > > Really liked lrc05760. Technically, I thought you got lrc05955 quite > well-exposed. I've had a lot of trouble with exposure on all-white > petals. I either blow them out or underexpose the whole frame. I was looking at my color histograms and basically had to shoot 2/3 to 1/3 stops under to keep from blowing out the red channel. Even though I frequently monitored the histogam, to be honest getting the exposure right on that one was probably just dumb luck. But, if that's what it's takes, I'll take it. > > > >It was a sunny day, as the pink hue on the back of my neck for the > >next few days would attest. It was also a bit breezy. > > > >Maybe the next time I shoot flowers in a garden I should bring a > >flash. > > Yes; I've had great success with HSS and really fast shutters. But it > takes two Pentax flashes to do wirelessly, and that makes the K20D a > very heavy thing to hand-hold! I've got the remote cord. > > You might want to consider getting a partner to hold a diffuser for you. > I'm planning to try one of those Lastolite tri-grips that I've been > reading about lately. I'm not familiar with them, I'll have to check them out. > > Last summer I got my wife to hold a black umbrella over a cactus flower I think John and Angel were more interested in taking their own photos than in holding a shade for me. > in full sun. To my great amazement it worked! I got a very nice macro > in soft light. I wonder if I could achieve at least some of the same by standing so that the flower is in my shadow. Though with the breeze, I also wanted all the shutter speed I could get. > > -bmw > > -- > 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. -- The fastest way to get your question answered on the net is to post the wrong answer. Larry Colen [email protected] http://www.red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
