Two good lectures (Dr. Pankaj ji & Srikant ji) and I am a better student of photography now. I wish we keep on getting such good tips.
-- Dr. Gurcharan Singh Associate Professor SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 2:43 PM, Shrikant Ingalhalikar <le...@rediffmail.com > wrote: > Dear Sir, > > I agree with Dr. Pankajkumar's comments on this subject. Let me share some > of my thoughts on close up photography of flowers or similar subjects. > Everyone's objective is to get all parts of small objects in sharp focus > while shooting from a close range. Achieving the minimum aperture is the > only option to get sharpness which is possible with a ring flash. Shadowless > images and dark background are other advantages of a close up flash. > Synchrospeed of 250 eliminates the need of a tripod. There are some > drawbacks of this option (saturation of some colours) and a large number of > photographers therefore do not prefer this. Response of some colours and > surfaces of flowers/leaves to the flash is unpredictable but the digital > cameras have eliminated this limitation. Sharpness with sunlight depends on > field conditions but with a flash you can safely forget about light > condition. I am attaching a picture (though not very good) where I had faced > a lot of difficulty with the colour and the size (5 mm) of the flower. > Members may also guess the ID of this rare plant. I have used D300-Nikkor 60 > G ED micro lens with a ring flash. The distance from the film plane is 18.5 > cm. > > I draw a little attention to the geometry in close ups. Firstly the camera > must be held in such a way that the film plane (or the sensor)is parallel to > the subject in case of flat shaped objects (Butterfly with wings held flat), > in case of 3D objects 3 points distributed on the subject should be > equidistant from the film plane. Secondly manual focussing should be used so > that you can focus at the center of the subject. It is easier to adjust lens > to the minimum focus distance and then adjust the camera forward or backward > for accurate focussing. > > You could also remember to 'make up' the subject by removing dried flowers, > leaves or cobwebs around and in the background for the aesthetics of the > picture. I have a friend who washes leaves and wipes the flowers with a > tissue for duedrops before shooting. > > Lastly the choice of the equipment depends on the purpose and the end use > of photography. I use photography merely as a medium for illustrations > rather than an art. > > I will like to know others' views on this. > > > > > Shrikant Ingalhalikar > 12 Varshanand Society > Anandnagar Sinhagad Road > Pune 411 051. > Tel 91 20 2435 0765. > Fax 91 20 2438 9190. > > <http://sigads.rediff.com/RealMedia/ads/click_nx.ads/www.rediffmail.com/signatureline....@middle?> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "indiantreepix" group. > To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<indiantreepix%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=. > x -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "indiantreepix" group. To post to this group, send email to indiantree...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=.
