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Macro flower portrait
Posted:
Tue Sep 11, 2007 11:59 pmby chrisk
alot of hard work went into this shot believe it or not ! took me ages to get the flashes working the way i wanted and the light right. i think this is an orchid, not really sure. edit: tis a magnolia and Geoff's crop.
sigma 150mm f2.8
f4, 1/200s, spot met
sb800 top right (with homemade softbox)
sb600 top centre (diffuser)
black sheet in background.
comments on improvement appreciated.
Posted:
Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:06 amby Geoff
Very nice, my only criticism would be that there's too much dead space at the top of the image..it needs a serious crop
Pls remember that according to the
FAQ and to adhere to making this place better for all, we request that all images are 800pixels on the widest side.
Posted:
Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:11 amby chrisk
ahhh....many apologies. i thought 800px was the widest setting not the max setting. will fix it now. great crop idea...thanx.
Posted:
Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:05 amby Biggzie
I agree about too much space above.
I dont think this is an orchid.
My only other comment which isnt much of a problem, but the petal at the back washes out a little detail of the 2 petals inside. Are they white on the inside or is that the light washing out a little colour. again this isnt a real problem though.
Posted:
Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:09 amby Biggzie
Ypu obviously recropped this as I was typing, I had to look twice when I posted.
Thats a much better crop.
Posted:
Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:12 amby chrisk
yeah, tis whitish inside petals. and i just found out its a magnolia. my flower ID aint too crash hot. lol
Posted:
Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:20 amby Biggzie
My flower ID aint too crash hot either, but I used to grow orchids so I knew it wasnt 1 of those.
How do you find the Sigma 150mm ... Ive been thinking about the Sigma 180mm f4 macro. Last I looked they didnt make the 150mm for my camera.
Posted:
Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:39 amby chrisk
realy liking the 150mm. i love the extra reach i can get and its tack sharp when you want it to be. also very quiet, is IF and build quality is excellent. having come from the tamron 90mm f2.8 though, i must say it's quite heavy in comparison.
Posted:
Wed Sep 12, 2007 9:01 amby poompy
nice lighting and crop. love the colours.
i reckon it would like better with a little more DOF.
otherwise i love it.
Posted:
Wed Sep 12, 2007 12:51 pmby Biggzie
i love the extra reach i can get
Thats what Im after with better quality than Ive got now.
Posted:
Wed Sep 12, 2007 1:17 pmby robert
Looks well worth the effort!! The black background suits for a dramatic shot, I'm wondering if a white background might also make for a nice high key softer shot?? Not as dramatic but if that flower is still alive might be worth a go.
Robert