The candlebush, Cassia alata, at Aggie Gardens still harbors a few critters. The plant bugs are still hanging out there and, when the sun warms things up, a few bees and wasps still work the leaves and what's left of the blooms. These were taken a little before and just at sunrise. All captured handheld with Nikon D200-Sigma 150+TC-DIY ringlight.
Thanks Mick, Amy and Karen, much appreciated.
@Amy-this is about all that's still crawling around at Aggie Gardens...at least, when I get by there in the morning. It gets dark now about the time I'm getting off work (that sucks) so there's not much point in going by.
That was shot into the rising sun with flash, on which I have a 1/8 or 1/4 CTO filter...warms up the light considerably. About the only processing I did was noise reduction, set a black and white point in levels and sharpen a smidge.
Kenj8246 wrote:
Thanks, John, I appreciate it. And handheld, too.
Now that you've taken the training wheels off of your rig (man I get into soooo much trouble with that one! ) look for angles that will make the most of the depth that you have -very slight adjustments can make a huge difference in the way an image looks and feels.
Also look for multiple compositions if for no other reason than to get some practice composing with the view finder. I didn't start out with a natural eye for composition -I had to learn it. Now I see compositions everywhere, so IMHO you can train yourself to have a natural eye for composition -and that's the #1 reason why I tell people not to crop. Photoshop can't teach you how to compose an image, but the view finder can...
Well, I haven't completely abdicated using the tripod, but I find it easier to handle this ringlight...go figure. I will also say that I tend to think about the shot(composition-wise and otherwise) more upfront when I'm shooting off the tripod; long story short, I think there's room for both.
You won't every have to worry about saying what you think with me...if it pisses me off, I'll tell you.
) look for angles that will make the most of the depth that you have -very slight adjustments can make a huge difference in the way an image looks and feels. 