If this picture was 3rd place (an exalted position, no doubt), I'd have to
see #''s 1 and 2! This a beautiful photograph. I can understand fully
fighting the wind, etc. and sweating out the perfect moment. I've done the
same thing but never gotten this kind of result. I also appreciate your
apparant desire to capure the subject in its natural setting instead of
bringing it inside and using all kind of artificial lighting trying to
approximate nature. I don't want to start a war with studio photographers;
I just agree with your approach. The results would be very difficult, if
not impossible, to duplicate in a controlled environment.
A big "way to go" from,
JohnP
> Barry,
>
> I used the lowly, under-rated, down-trodden and often scoffed at Zuiko
> 135/2.8 MC with a Vivitar 36mm Auto Extension tube on an OM-4, with cable
> release and mounted on a tripod.
>
> Film: Kodachrome 64.
> As I recall the lens was wide open and shutter at either 1/30th or
> 1/60th. It was late in the day and losing light quickly. I vividly
> remember a breeze swaying the hanging plant and its blossoms driving me
> crazy with composition and focus, and praying the shutter speed was fast
> enough. Took about a half-dozen trying to time it when the moving
blossoms
> were in the right position.
>
> I've found the Zuiko 135/2.8 MC has a very smooth bokeh when used at its
> wider apertures for a very narrow DOF.
>
> Thanks!
> -- John
>
> At 16:06 3/26/01, Barry B. Bean asked:
> >Congratulations! VERY nice, particularly the perfect depth of field
> >and seamless bokeh. What lens did you use?
> >
> >On Sat, 24 Mar 2001 18:34:09 +0000, John A. Lind wrote:
> >
> > >Just found out the following photograph won 3rd Place in the Flora
catgory
> > >at the local Art Association Photo Show:
> > >
http://members.nbci.com/_XMCM/johnlind/olympus/olympusgallery/om73.html
> >-
> >B.B. Bean bbbean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Bean & Bean Cotton Co/Bean Farms http://www.beancotton.com
> >Peach Orchard, MO
>
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