Iris

Bimjo · 03-06-2008, 07:47 PM

These came up by the front porch last spring. No idea if they'll repeat or not, but I hope so. Shot after sunrise, but the sun was masked by clouds so there was some very nicely diffused light. Background is a piece of foam board turned so no direct light hits it. I overuse the black foam board when shooting flowers, but it does make them pop.

This is the original shot

And this is a crop with the small buds cloned out

elDizzle_foShizzle · 03-06-2008, 08:02 PM

Nice! It's amazing how "low-tech" materials (i.e., foam core) used during the process adds so much, even if using high-tech (cloning) in PP! I bow down.

Skillz, Sir...skillz.

ciao998 · 03-06-2008, 08:11 PM

Very nice Jim!!

So when did you, and what got you into photography?

Bimjo · 03-07-2008, 06:47 AM

Thanks guys.

I started shooting when I was in Alabama in ammo tech school in 1975. One of my classmates was on the yearbook staff in High School and bought a Yashica TL Electro X (screw mount match needle manual everything) like he'd used for that & since we were just slightly competitive I had to have one too.

Went without a camera for 15 years (other things distracted me from a broken camera) & got back into it 5 years ago.

jezterr · 03-07-2008, 08:42 AM

how would it have looked if you had gotten more of the buds in the frame?

SeattleVet · 03-07-2008, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Bimjo

Thanks guys.

I started shooting when I was in Alabama in ammo tech school in 1975. One of my classmates was on the yearbook staff in High School and bought a Yashica TL Electro X (screw mount match needle manual everything) like he'd used for that & since we were just slightly competitive I had to have one too.

Went without a camera for 15 years (other things distracted me from a broken camera) & got back into it 5 years ago.

Nice shot of the iris! I like the way the fine detail pops out. Using a black background and a reflector of some sort is a great way of getting flowers to really stand out. I have even used a small piece of front-surface mirror to bounce a little light from behind the flower, slightly illuminating it from the rear.

The TL Electro-X was my first SLR, also! Not actually match-needle; it had a pair of LED arrows at the bottom of the viewfinder. You adjusted the exposure until you got both arrows to go out. Their big selling point was that there was no needle on a spring to go out of calibration if you jarred the camera. It worked pretty well. Mine was stolen in a burglary in NY several years ago.

Bimjo · 03-07-2008, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by jezterr

how would it have looked if you had gotten more of the buds in the frame?

No idea, I was trying for the "through the petals" view. I didn't even think about a wider view. Maybe next time.

Thanks SV, I'll keep the reflector idea in mind. Ah, you're right about the Electro X meter. Memory fails me at times. There are those times I wished I'd kept it instead up upgrading to the FR. Had to have that bayonet mount ya know!

03-06-2008, 07:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
Bimjo Member Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 50 From: Pasco, WA My Camera: Pentax K20D	Iris These came up by the front porch last spring. No idea if they'll repeat or not, but I hope so. Shot after sunrise, but the sun was masked by clouds so there was some very nicely diffused light. Background is a piece of foam board turned so no direct light hits it. I overuse the black foam board when shooting flowers, but it does make them pop. This is the original shot And this is a crop with the small buds cloned out

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03-06-2008, 08:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
elDizzle_foShizzle Member Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 38 From: Bothell, WA My Camera: Sony A700	Nice! It's amazing how "low-tech" materials (i.e., foam core) used during the process adds so much, even if using high-tech (cloning) in PP! I bow down. Skillz, Sir...skillz.

03-06-2008, 08:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
ciao998 Senior Member Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 192 From: Kennewick, WA My Camera: Canon EOS Rebel XTi	Very nice Jim!! So when did you, and what got you into photography?

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Bimjo Member Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 50 From: Pasco, WA My Camera: Pentax K20D	Thanks guys. I started shooting when I was in Alabama in ammo tech school in 1975. One of my classmates was on the yearbook staff in High School and bought a Yashica TL Electro X (screw mount match needle manual everything) like he'd used for that & since we were just slightly competitive I had to have one too. Went without a camera for 15 years (other things distracted me from a broken camera) & got back into it 5 years ago.

03-07-2008, 08:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
jezterr Moderator Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 485 From: a cesspit. My Camera: disposable	how would it have looked if you had gotten more of the buds in the frame?