Fireworks with Dahlias

[johnd]

Well if I can't take any good shots of fireworks, I'll try Dahlia's that look like fireworks.

I just fixed the spelling in the title where I mispelt Dahlia after getting told off by my wife.

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And a few more that don't look like fireworks but that I like anyway.








Cheers
John

[beetleboy]

Absolutely LOVE this one. DOF is perfect and the composition makes it really zing!

Good work.

Liam =]

[johnd]

Thanks Liam.
It was fun shooting them with the 150mm macro lens (most of them).

[Willy wombat]

Beautiful John

[Manta]

Wow. Simply stunning John!

[Sandy Feet]

i,m new to this macro stuff did you use a black backround or shoot with flash at night.......... please let use newbies know how this is done

Cheers Rod

[psionic]

Yep they do indeed look like fireworks !

I like the same one as beetleboy (first row on the right) but also quite like the fifth one down (59391567-L) the purple on white and tight crop work for me, bright and the colour jumps out at you. The 9th one down also has the same effect with a hint more green.

Looks like you are enjoying this lens, there are some great shots in that series, congrats

[Killakoala]

Sensational images and a great diversion from what i find to be more normal boring flowers. These are amazing structures of nature.

So colourful and vibrant and full of 'bloom.'

Your flower technique is excellent.

[johnd]

Thanks Willy, Simon, Psionic and Steve for you comments.

Steve, yes, I'm trying to do something a bit out of the ordinary with these. Taking shots of parts of bigger flowers with macro lens up close.

Rod, a little explanation on how these were done. All taken during the day indoors. The flowers were set up at a flower show and there were dark clothes on the tables so I used that as a background. All with flash except the middle one on the top row (the one Beetleboy likes). The first 3 (the star burst ones were taken with a 50mm 1.4 lens at f2 to get the dof effect. 1 and 3 with flash, 2 without. The rest were taken with a 150mm macro lens, 1/60 sec between f8 and f16, all with flash.

Got a few more but these are the better ones.
Cheers
John

[Oneputt]

Very nice images John, they have made a great subject

[wendellt]

your first 6 are stunningly beautiful
The 3rd one is beyond the others though a real beauty
did you shoot these outside under the sun using a high ftsop to knock the background black or some kind of studio setup, I can't seem to work out the lighting environment - very skillfull on your part

[Slider]

Superb Fantastic colours and the DOF is perfect.

[O1]

John
these are sensational
You should be very happy with these and they should be printed (on gloss, I would think:(

O

[johnd]

Thanks for the comments Oneputt, Wendell, Mark and Owen.

Wendell, I put an explanation of how I did these just before your post.

Cheers
John

[Alpha_7]

Gorgeous stuff John, really like nature's fireworks. Great work on the exposure and lighting, top notch flora photography!

[johnd]

Thanks Craig.

It's great doing shots of flowers at flower shows. Lots of really good blooms to work with. Trouble is they're usually jammed close together, making it difficult to compose the shot. On more than a few occassions I wanted to move some flowers, ribbons, cards and other bits and pices. But I think the organisers might have taken a dim view. I might follow up with the organisers to see if I can get special permission next year. Maybe bribe them with a few of these images.

Cheers
John