Pink Rose

[parahandy]

You may have mentioned it before Rich but what type of camera do you use, is it the film/transparency kind or is it digital?. I am not a camera buff know nothing about the technicalities of shutter speeds apertures etc that's why I use a digital, just bought myself an Olympus digital camera and while for an 85 year old I have a very very steady hand I do realise the need for tripod etc for perfection. By the way I made a nice fill from you poppy picture, Thank you.

[molucca]

Norman,

I use a Canon 20D with a 560EX flash. I have a graphite composit tripod, and an aluminum monopod. 8 megapixel digital.

The other side of a brown on the outside butterfly. These are very illusive.

Rich

[raynerj1]

Rich, what do you have in the way of lenses? Any good telephoto?

[molucca]

John,

I have a 70-210 mm and an 80-400 mm. The 210 was for my EOS 620. The 400 is a stabilized type. The 210 has some Macro capability. I use the 400 when butterflys are to far away, and I cannot get close on a ladder.

Never got anything crystal with the 400. I'll have to see if I can get better images.

Rich

[raynerj1]

Hi Rich,

I have found that using a telephoto for macro the focus can be very very touchy. Like a hair turn in either direction wil put you out of focus. Play with it until the foucs indicator is constantly on without you touching the lense. At least that has helped me...

If a breeze is blowing... it might take a while to get the focus point to be still enough to get a stable indication.

I took about 500 rose pictures this weekend... no time to adjust them, or post any tho.

[raynerj1]

I was trying to duplicate a bug I seen in the X Pro forum, so I ended up with two flower pics you might like from my photoshoot the other day.

Looking at them again, it appears the focus was a little off, but they still look nice.

[molucca]

I never do very well with red. Rich

[parahandy]

Your well focussed on that one Rich and I can almost smell the perfume.

[raynerj1]

Hi rich,

What I stumbled upon was a camera's lightmeter will read red dimmer than what it is... so setting the exposure to 0 will end up overexposing the shot. Try under exposing a red rose by -0.7 or -1. Your reds will be truer. You can adjust the other colors in Photoshop if you want. I typically underexpose a click or two and fix it in Photoshop. PS can not tell the difference between white and white... there is nothing to adjust in an overexposed shot. The same is true with a very underexposed shot. black is black and nothing for PS to adjust.

took another 150 pics or so today... Only had less than an hour tho... I hate being rushed through a shot... so stressful.

PS... Nice image by the way Rich. Nice focus. What are the values?

PPS Here is a more focused shot...

[molucca]

Manual exposure at F11 & 125, EV -.3, Autofocus center point, ETTL flash with shield. I usually set the compensation to -.3.

If I am to far away, the images tend to be dark. Just a result of how I use the flash. I am using the same settings for the butterflys.

Rich