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Floral Photography

Some of our members enjoy Floral photography so I thought we'd start a new discussion thread on that subject.

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Permalink Reply by Bill Miller on April 28, 2008 at 14:37

Bradford Pear

Permalink Reply by Robert Brady on April 28, 2008 at 14:58

Nice Bill, I like it! The lens you used seems to produce nice bokeh. Macro lens?
Anyway, nice composition, exposure and conversion. Thanks for sharing!

Permalink Reply by Bill Miller on April 29, 2008 at 14:48

Yes, Thank You. Shot with a Canon 40D and their 100mm f4 Macro. Love this lens. It can almost be too sharp. Took it into PS and ran it through channel mixer and added a softening layer.

Permalink Reply by Robert Brady on April 29, 2008 at 15:03

I've considered picking up a macro lens but need to stick with the money makers like the 24-70 f/2.8L, which I can't really afford right now. Need to generate some funds first. Maybe later on I bite the bullet and buy a macro but for now I use a 28-105 3.5-4.5 USM zoom/macro. Not ideal, but will have to do for now. I'll try to dig up an image made with that one.
How do you like the 40D?

Permalink Reply by Bill Miller on July 3, 2008 at 17:13

Really like it a lot. Very low noise, especially with high ISO's. And the sensor cleaner is a nice feature. True that it's a bit of a luxury lens, kind of an impulse buy, lol. I use the EF 17-40mm f/4.0 as my workhorse lens on my DSLR. It's sharp as a tack and has some macro capabilities also.

Permalink Reply by Pat Moore on May 21, 2008 at 5:43

Spring in the area...so light in all ways. Nice

Permalink Reply by Robert Brady on May 1, 2008 at 15:59

This one was shot in the studio with a single light source. The idea was to create an image whose light source looked natural and something that looked like a painting. Most of the post-processing was done in Adobe lightroom, B&W conversion, toning etc. The exposure was 1/125 sec @ f/5.6 ISO 100. I used my Canon 30D with a 28-105 3.5-4.5 USM at the 40mm setting.

Permalink Reply by Pat Moore on May 21, 2008 at 5:42

Artistic...nice background texture.

Permalink Reply by Bill Miller on July 3, 2008 at 17:15

Has a"painted with light", quality,very nice.

Permalink Reply by Pat Moore on May 21, 2008 at 5:41