I think the light and maybe your lens combo has stolen some contrast
from the flower. I think a little LCE would do wonders on this one.
Chuck Norcutt
On 7/26/2012 10:39 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
> Yesterday I found yet another flower on my Guayacan shrub, which gave
> me another opportunity to experiment with taking closeup flower
> photos with a telephoto lens, this time a Vivitar/Tokina 75-260/4.5
> TX, which to date is my favourite field telephoto lens:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/7650204938/in/photostream
>
> I also got to become familiar with using a Gossen Luna Pro light
> meter with the spot meter attachment. With the spot attachment set
> to 7.5 degrees, I filled the ring with the flower and used that
> reading, rather than estimating an average for the flower plus nearby
> foliage and background as I had been doing reviously with the PR-1.
> The result is that the first photo was just right, so the Luna Pro
> and spot attachment will become regular field gear.
>
> Chris
>
>
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