Hostas

[luxborealis]

Here are 3 from Sunday afternoon musing in the back garden.

All are D800e w/105mm Micro-Nikkor

[ghoonk]

Lovely stuff - I'm a huge fan of macro abstracts. Really inspiring!

[Jeremy Roussak]

The textures of the first two are beautiful. I wonder how the last one would have looked with a drop of water hanging from the tip.

Jeremy

[ghoonk]

It might look a little cliche

[francois]

…I wonder how the last one would have looked with a drop of water hanging from the tip.

Jeremy

The drop would be icing on the cake!

[churly]

Terry - I very much like what you have done with these.  I am wondering about how you approached the selective focus.  Particularly in #2 you have used the slice that is in focus as a leading line but I'm not sure how you managed it.  I am guessing either a rotated tilt-shift simulation in software or perhaps a lens baby.  I would be interested in any comment you might have.

All the best,
Chuck

[luxborealis]

Terry - I very much like what you have done with these.  I am wondering about how you approached the selective focus.  Particularly in #2 you have used the slice that is in focus as a leading line but I'm not sure how you managed it.  I am guessing either a rotated tilt-shift simulation in software or perhaps a lens baby.  I would be interested in any comment you might have.
All the best,
Chuck

I'll take that as a compliment - thanks!

All photos are the result of good old straight photography, the limited depth-of-field offered by ƒ8 on a  105mm lens on a full-frame camera as well as very careful composition.

These shots were experiments for me. I am, by long tradition, an "on the tripod" worker, but that afternoon I wanted to see what was possible with the D800e sensor at higher ISOs and hand-holding. ISO400 allowed me to shoot int he 1/160 to 1/400 range. What a revelation for me as I don't think I could have achieved these same precise compositions using a tripod quite as easily as I did hand-holding. BTW ISO1600 looked as good as ISO400! Amazing.

[churly]

Terry - Yes definitely a compliment.  I was just thinking that the zone of focus doesn't seem to be parallel to the 'apparent' plane of the sensor but I guess that is just thae way I was seeing it.  Maybe my glasses were on crooked.

Cheers

[LarsHansen]

I like the subject, the comp and also the pp.

Funny thing - I also came across some hostas recently and took some shots. I couldn't resist because of their big fresh leaves. This was after a rainy day so they might be cliches with raindrops..

Lars

[shaunw]

Lovely shape/texture/detail...agree a drop of water on the last in set may have looked nice?