Ah!!! Very nice now.
Dr. Flash
On 2/22/2014 12:10 AM, DZDub wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 5:02 PM, <usher99@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> JW writes:
>>>> I probably shot a dozen or so variations each of three different
>>>> settings/subjects. The current discussion of flash sent me back to
>> have
>>>> another look with fresh eyes at the ones I thought were the most
>> successful:
>>
>>>> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=11470
>>
>> First of all, very nice Phals and the Cattleya is gorgeous. I think you
>> got the distances/aperture just right to get optimal dof yet a nice
>> background. Perhaps the
>> background in the catt shot is a bit busier. I did not find any exif
>> data so wonder what aperture, FL used. In the first shot, I find
>> myself straining to see the beautiful detail in the Callus
>> area. T'were mine I'd think about cloning out the teeny brownish areas
>> in the second.
>> I see what you mean with interesting bokeh with the tree as
>> background, but I see Dr NCBB's point. Wonder how it would look with
>> he background selected and the highlights trimmed a tad.
>>
>> Your larger background at the chosen distances work well. I often
>> used window light but the background is too small and close so have to
>> use long FL and focus stacking at large apertures to
>> keep the background from becoming distracting.
>>
>
> Yes, I think the experiment with the background was a failure, other than
> the balance of foreground and background exposure. I think that part was
> OK.
>
> I did not make notes on exposure, but I think I was around f8 or 11 on
> these. The lens was the DZ 50/2 on E-5. Even with pretty good working
> distance from the lens to the flower, lens and subject were pretty close.
> I had to hold the main light behind me in order the bounce it between the
> camera and the flower (or I thought I needed to -- that's what I did
> anyway).
>
> I would have to agree the first one is a hard sell. I found an alternative
> that is probably overall better:
>
> http://zone-10.com/tope2/main.php?g2_itemId=11487
>
> I cleaned up the background since it was proving such a distraction.
>
> I'll pass on your comments on the flowers to the lady of the house!
>
> Thanks for looking!
>
> Joel W.
>
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