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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: shadowblade on January 25, 2016, 09:18:16 am

Title: Orchids
Post by: shadowblade on January 25, 2016, 09:18:16 am: Some macro work with the A7r and Canon 100L. Orchids in Singapore's botanic gardens.

f/16 and 0.4s at ISO 50. This one lost a lot of its blue-green hues in conversion to sRGB.
Title: Re: Orchids
Post by: francois on January 26, 2016, 07:15:35 am: Uncommon framing but the result is fine.
Title: Re: Orchids
Post by: shadowblade on January 27, 2016, 06:25:21 am: Quote from: francois on January 26, 2016, 07:15:35 am
Uncommon framing but the result is fine.

'Unoommon'? Does it work? I thought it would give a more interesting image than the usual flower-in-the-middle composition.
Title: Re: Orchids
Post by: mbaginy on January 27, 2016, 06:43:59 am: I find orchids very difficult to photograph close up. I like your shot very much and hope to remember this sort of framing the next time I tackle such a flower. Well done!
Title: Re: Orchids
Post by: stamper on January 27, 2016, 08:20:01 am: Quote from: Mike D. B. on January 27, 2016, 06:43:59 am
I find orchids very difficult to photograph close up. I like your shot very much and hope to remember this sort of framing the next time I tackle such a flower. Well done!

I second that!
Title: Re: Orchids
Post by: francois on January 27, 2016, 08:36:09 am: Quote from: shadowblade on January 27, 2016, 06:25:21 am
'Unoommon'? Does it work? I thought it would give a more interesting image than the usual flower-in-the-middle composition.

Uncommon was meant in a positive way.
Title: Re: Orchids
Post by: Jens Peermann on January 27, 2016, 08:42:14 pm: I like the framing and even more like the face. It's what I detected first, before I even saw the flower. Those two red eyes in their huge sockets, the honker between them, and that big, wide mouth underneath. It's hilarious! Excellent work!