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Just a Couple of Flowers . . .

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Old 02-06-2007, 11:09 PM   #1
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Just a Couple of Flowers . . .

After seeing Manic78's shots I thought i'd take some of my girlfriend's flowers.

Only snapped one of the flowers from a bunch of many , but how tricky is macro work!!! I have a little maplins portable soft box and lamp to work with, but then I had to keep the flower steady enough with a hair clip With anything ranging from 2 to 30 second exposures it wasn't the most straight forward setup, and resulted in a few blurred shots.

But anyways here are probably 2 of the best, bugs are far more interesting


1. Sad Flower



2. Soft Light Flower

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Back to decaying decor shots for me I think....

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Old 03-06-2007, 7:33 AM   #2
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Re: Just a Couple of Flowers . . .

Number 1 for me mate. With number two it seems like there isn't enough of the centre of the flower in the frame while with the 1st one, the quarter circle-ish bit of the flower in the frame had a symmetry of sorts I find quite appealing.

Not that the 2nd one is bad. I think it's a good photo, but maybe if more of the flower was in focus it could have been a great photo?

Nice work anyway!
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Old 03-06-2007, 8:29 AM   #3
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Re: Just a Couple of Flowers . . .

Number 1 for me too
Yet another awesome shot
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Old 03-06-2007, 8:55 AM   #4
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Re: Just a Couple of Flowers . . .

fantastic shot.

love to water droplets on the flower and great colour.

I like no. 2 best

So did you buy her the flowers
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Old 03-06-2007, 11:22 AM   #5
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Re: Just a Couple of Flowers . . .

Cheers all

Yeah I bought the flowers and then procedded to attach hairclips and light them from weird angles
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Old 04-06-2007, 7:36 PM   #6
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Re: Just a Couple of Flowers . . .

Spot on....... Make mine look very boring!!

Git!!

No 2 for me. Just love the soft light against such amazing colour.

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