Flowers & Nice music
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- pixelpusher2010
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Flowers & Nice music
Tried to make a '' normal show '' instead of my usual ZISS BOOM BA
Good to calm down by
enjoy
http://www.photodex.com/share/berniehynes/28bw9mg4
Good to calm down by
enjoy
http://www.photodex.com/share/berniehynes/28bw9mg4
pixelpusher
My Gallery http://www.photodex.com/share/berniehynes
My Gallery http://www.photodex.com/share/berniehynes
Re: Flowers & Nice music
Very nicely done! I can see talent galore and you make a show stand out. Your gallery proves that. You have fun with pixels and taking pictures. Keep it up and will look for future posts.
Tom
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- Jim Adams
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Re: Flowers & Nice music
Excellent job with a tough subject, Bernie. You definitely learned how to control movement and backgrounds to your advantage. Great lighting and post processing. Loved the passionflower ripple effect.
I had an elderly neighbor when I was young who loved her flowers. I can't see a bleeding heart without thinking of her. Beautiful bleeding heart photo.
The soft music was an excellent choice for a show of such softness and delicacy.
Jim
I had an elderly neighbor when I was young who loved her flowers. I can't see a bleeding heart without thinking of her. Beautiful bleeding heart photo.
The soft music was an excellent choice for a show of such softness and delicacy.
Jim
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I rarely to never comment on shows, but this time I had to because you ticked me off! You immediately spoiled me by stating the aperture settings, your settings being of huge interest, and then you all but stopped doing it, and I wanted to know your settings for every single picture!
Closeups of flowers can be so beautifully abstract, and you've done a fine job with those closeups.
Barbara
Closeups of flowers can be so beautifully abstract, and you've done a fine job with those closeups.
Barbara
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Re: Flowers & Nice music
These are sooooo pretty. I like that you found a flower within a flower of sorts in all your shots by doing the macro work and focusing on the inner parts of the flower.
Did you utilize a ring light for your shots?
There was a guy with a blog who captured abstract out of focus macro flower shots in camera (not done in post processing). Little to nothing was in focus. The flowers were sometimes unrecognizable but beautiful. I could see you doing a set of those for a show too. I think the guy's name was Michael Brown. If you go back to March of 2007 or so you can poke around and see some of that work on his site.
http://macroartinnature.wordpress.com/2007/03/
Thanks for sharing your colorful show!
Did you utilize a ring light for your shots?
There was a guy with a blog who captured abstract out of focus macro flower shots in camera (not done in post processing). Little to nothing was in focus. The flowers were sometimes unrecognizable but beautiful. I could see you doing a set of those for a show too. I think the guy's name was Michael Brown. If you go back to March of 2007 or so you can poke around and see some of that work on his site.
http://macroartinnature.wordpress.com/2007/03/
Thanks for sharing your colorful show!
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Re: Flowers & Nice music
Debbie, I remember that one. Didn't he simply "shove" his camera into the foliage without actually focusing, ending up with some beautiful gems mixed in with the less-than-desirable?
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Re: Flowers & Nice music
Yes, I remember he describing the "smushing" of the lens. LOL
I found some additional images going back to 2006 in the spring on that site. They weren't the ones I remember seeing but beautiful compositions nevertheless. Also found the words "Cram It" for the technique. Describes it perfectly! LOL
Dandilion Abstract on this page is fabulous.
http://macroartinnature.wordpress.com/2006/03/
I found some additional images going back to 2006 in the spring on that site. They weren't the ones I remember seeing but beautiful compositions nevertheless. Also found the words "Cram It" for the technique. Describes it perfectly! LOL
Dandilion Abstract on this page is fabulous.
http://macroartinnature.wordpress.com/2006/03/
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Yes, how could we have forgotten the name he'd given his technique!
Barbara
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Re: Flowers & Nice music
Beautiful, Bernie! I've taken a number of photographic courses, I still can't get my head round this 'f' stuff! I hope one day it will just click
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- Jim Adams
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Re: Flowers & Nice music
Some very interesting soft-focus images on those wordpress links, Debbie.
I agree that quite often results can be more pleasing when sacrificing depth of field for shallow depth since the backgrounds are out of focus.
One very effective technique that allows for a soft focus background and greater depth of field within the subject is called "Focus Blending". Russell Brown has a good tutorial here : A few paragraphs down from the top.
http://russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html
For anyone interested in Focus Blending that does not have Photoshop CS5 Helicon Focus has been doing this long before Photoshop included it in their repertoire.
Jim
I agree that quite often results can be more pleasing when sacrificing depth of field for shallow depth since the backgrounds are out of focus.
One very effective technique that allows for a soft focus background and greater depth of field within the subject is called "Focus Blending". Russell Brown has a good tutorial here : A few paragraphs down from the top.
http://russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html
For anyone interested in Focus Blending that does not have Photoshop CS5 Helicon Focus has been doing this long before Photoshop included it in their repertoire.
Jim
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Re: Flowers & Nice music
Thanks to all for the input. I actually didn't think such a tame show was going to get any reaction.
Anyway points taken.
There is a much bigger sin than not providing the f stops on all the images and that is not also providing the distance from the subject. At 100 ft f11 gives you a lot more depth of field than at 3 inches. I make a show each Month for my camera club about half the members like technical stuff and the other half artsy stuff So I usually try to tease them both BUT from now on if I start down a road I shall go all the way
I did use photoshops focus blending effect on a few to play with the DOF ( sometimes not using one of my shots -like the middle one ) this gets the pedal in front and the pedal in back in focus but the middle part where the stamens come out soft )
Anyway thanks again
Anyway points taken.
There is a much bigger sin than not providing the f stops on all the images and that is not also providing the distance from the subject. At 100 ft f11 gives you a lot more depth of field than at 3 inches. I make a show each Month for my camera club about half the members like technical stuff and the other half artsy stuff So I usually try to tease them both BUT from now on if I start down a road I shall go all the way
I did use photoshops focus blending effect on a few to play with the DOF ( sometimes not using one of my shots -like the middle one ) this gets the pedal in front and the pedal in back in focus but the middle part where the stamens come out soft )
Anyway thanks again
pixelpusher
My Gallery http://www.photodex.com/share/berniehynes
My Gallery http://www.photodex.com/share/berniehynes
Re: Flowers & Nice music
Jim Adams wrote:Some very interesting soft-focus images on those wordpress links, Debbie.
I agree that quite often results can be more pleasing when sacrificing depth of field for shallow depth since the backgrounds are out of focus.
One very effective technique that allows for a soft focus background and greater depth of field within the subject is called "Focus Blending". Russell Brown has a good tutorial here : A few paragraphs down from the top.
http://russellbrown.com/tips_tech.html
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Jim
I did some shots using the "Cram-it" method with my 70-200 and close up filters about 5 years ago and had delightful results. At the time, I had no macro lens. I didn't use Photoshop to paint on any blur in post processing. I could be wrong but am pretty sure Michael Brown's technique is done in camera.
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