Had another go at trying to capture some of the flowers blooming at the swamp. Hope these aren't jpeg'd to death. I went from raw to tiff, then to jpeg. Sorry about the harsh light, but I tried to squeeze this in during lunch
Really Nice Jack.
I think you need to play with the exposure a little more.
My personal preference is just that though.
I love looking at the work you and others knock out.
It really inspires me to think outside the square.
Thanks for sharing.
I think it is my therapy!
Cheers,
Jasin.
jasin wrote:
Really Nice Jack.
I think you need to play with the exposure a little more.
My personal preference is just that though.
I love looking at the work you and others knock out.
It really inspires me to think outside the square.
Thanks for sharing.
I think it is my therapy!
Cheers,
Jasin.
What do you mean 'play with exposure' a little more? Are they too dark, too light, etc.? hehe. Share dude!
Were everything bar the lillies and the first shot photogaphed in overcast conditions?
Anyhow first one is I rekon .40 of a stop under and the lillies are to me and only me about a 3rd over.
I still love em though.
Cheers,
Jasin.
It's not like I share and put out my own pix out there is it!
Thanks Jack.
jasin wrote:
Were everything bar the lillies and the first shot photogaphed in overcast conditions?
Anyhow first one is I rekon .40 of a stop under and the lillies are to me and only me about a 3rd over.
I still love em though.
Cheers,
Jasin.
It's not like I share and put out my own pix out there is it!
Thanks Jack.
I guess I was taking the easy way out. I took an incident reading, and went with that. I should have been more careful. Thanks!
#1 lyre-leaved sage (Salvia lyrata), named because some strange person (not me!) thought the leaves looked like the musical instrument! (not me!)
#2, 6 & 7 hooded pitcher plant again
#3 horseweed (Conyza canadensis) which although kinda weedy, is native.
#4 blue butterwort (Pinguicula caerulea), called butterwort as most of the species are the yellow of melting butter. These are insectivorous plants! Watch out Tom, they'll eat your subjects!
#5 unknown thistle
#8 & 9 white water lily (Nymphaea odorata)
Your "portrait" shots (sage, horseweed and butterwort) cry out for a more pleasing out-of-focus (OOF) background. Your 300 is fully capable of doing that with a "creamy" green where no shape is discernable. Perhaps as there was so much light, you used a small f/stop. Try shooting some at f/5.6 or even f/4, working to get your depth of field right, and let the background go smooth.
Any specific reason your workflow is Raw>TIFF>JPEG? Have you tried Fred's WP Pro? Works very well in PS right from the Raw file.
#1 lyre-leaved sage (Salvia lyrata), named because some strange person (not me!) thought the leaves looked like the musical instrument! (not me!)
#2, 6 & 7 hooded pitcher plant again
#3 horseweed (Conyza canadensis) which although kinda weedy, is native.
#4 blue butterwort (Pinguicula caerulea), called butterwort as most of the species are the yellow of melting butter. These are insectivorous plants! Watch out Tom, they'll eat your subjects!
#5 unknown thistle
#8 & 9 white water lily (Nymphaea odorata)
Your "portrait" shots (sage, horseweed and butterwort) cry out for a more pleasing out-of-focus (OOF) background. Your 300 is fully capable of doing that with a "creamy" green where no shape is discernable. Perhaps as there was so much light, you used a small f/stop. Try shooting some at f/5.6 or even f/4, working to get your depth of field right, and let the background go smooth.
Any specific reason your workflow is Raw>TIFF>JPEG? Have you tried Fred's WP Pro? Works very well in PS right from the Raw file.
Scott, I really appreciate your response. Very, very helpful. I agree about the background, and hopefully will go back out tomorrow for some more shooting. I'm trying to get used to this type of photography, and I forget the technical details sometimes. I do love the smooth backgrounds though
I had posted some yesterday, and some said the jpegs looked horrible, so I thought I would do something different. I normally use Fred's WP Pro, but since I'm having to open the raw file in Nikon Capture (Adobe hasn't released ACR yet), I've been converting to tiff, just to see how it went. Normally I open in Nikon Capture, then transfer it to PS for editing. Anyway, this was kind of an experiment.
Jack, I like 'em, and I'm enjoying listening in on your conversation with Scott n Jasin. I'm learning a lot. In # 3 is that horizontal line (upper right) part of a spider web? or was it a trace of the bee's wing when it landed on that flower? Also, I love the thistle shot (even if you cropped it or didn't), it was like the sudden burst of some fireworks; I loved it!!! ...john
obyjohn wrote:
Jack, I like 'em, and I'm enjoying listening in on your conversation with Scott n Jasin. I'm learning a lot. In # 3 is that horizontal line (upper right) part of a spider web? or was it a trace of the bee's wing when it landed on that flower? Also, I love the thistle shot (even if you cropped it or didn't), it was like the sudden burst of some fireworks; I loved it!!! ...john
Thanks John. That is a strand of web in #3. You saw what I saw in the thistle
