Recent flower closeups
Jun 24, 2023 16:27:18 #
I live half a block from Golden Gate Park, and all these flowers are in walking distance from where I live. I'm big on filling the frame.
Jun 24, 2023 20:40:44 #
Jun 25, 2023 05:54:41 #
Too much to digest in one viewing. JohnSwanda you have given us many spicy meals to digest, eye/mind biting flavors.
With the exception of next to the last one and perhaps #5 which are a "so what" flower photos, but the rest are WOW.
The cropping and intense colors of these photos have high visual impact and when stared at speak details loudly. A couple are simple bold color on white... and then #8 is a flower contortionist so intertwined in self amazingly so.
With the exception of next to the last one and perhaps #5 which are a "so what" flower photos, but the rest are WOW.
The cropping and intense colors of these photos have high visual impact and when stared at speak details loudly. A couple are simple bold color on white... and then #8 is a flower contortionist so intertwined in self amazingly so.
Jun 25, 2023 07:38:28 #
Jun 25, 2023 09:32:10 #
Jun 25, 2023 09:32:51 #
dpullum wrote:
Too much to digest in one viewing. JohnSwanda you have given us many spicy meals to digest, eye/mind biting flavors.
With the exception of next to the last one and perhaps #5 which are a "so what" flower photos, but the rest are WOW.
The cropping and intense colors of these photos have high visual impact and when stared at speak details loudly. A couple are simple bold color on white... and then #8 is a flower contortionist so intertwined in self amazingly so.
With the exception of next to the last one and perhaps #5 which are a "so what" flower photos, but the rest are WOW.
The cropping and intense colors of these photos have high visual impact and when stared at speak details loudly. A couple are simple bold color on white... and then #8 is a flower contortionist so intertwined in self amazingly so.
Thank you.
Jun 25, 2023 09:33:05 #
Jun 25, 2023 14:35:57 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
I live half a block from Golden Gate Park, and all these flowers are in walking distance from where I live. I'm big on filling the frame.
Reminiscent of Georgia O'Keefe
Jun 25, 2023 18:23:53 #
srg wrote:
Reminiscent of Georgia O'Keefe
Thanks. She's definitely an influence on my flower imagery.
Jun 26, 2023 09:12:31 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
I live half a block from Golden Gate Park, and all these flowers are in walking distance from where I live. I'm big on filling the frame.
Stunning! Do you fill the frame when you shoot/in camera, or with extreme cropping? Amateur here. Cannot get this close and sharp. What Lens? Use a Tripod? Thanks
Jun 26, 2023 09:43:38 #
dbfalconer wrote:
Stunning! Do you fill the frame when you shoot/in camera, or with extreme cropping? Amateur here. Cannot get this close and sharp. What Lens? Use a Tripod? Thanks
Thanks. I have a Nikon 105mm f2.8 Micro on a Nikon 7100. At the closest focus I can get down to about a one inch subject, and a couple of these are focused that close, notably the 3rd, 5th and 6th ones. I love tiny flowers which I can make very large. I mostly frame the photos in the camera, but I often use the Photoshop Liquify filter to fill out corners or to adjust the composition. Also, if I have extra space on the top or bottom or on the sides I will crop to fill it, and then return the file to the original size. I find I can stretch or distort flowers so that it isn't noticeable.
I don't use a tripod as it is too heavy to carry on my walks and it would take too long to set up each shot. As such, I can't do focus stacking so I use very small apertures sometimes and ignore the conventional wisdom that it will cause diffraction. I find any lack of sharpness can be fixed in post, and the extra depth of field is worth it. I do often use an on camera flash indoors in a greenhouse or on days with no sun.
Jun 26, 2023 10:57:56 #
JohnSwanda wrote:
I live half a block from Golden Gate Park, and all these flowers are in walking distance from where I live. I'm big on filling the frame.
Wows for all of them!!
Jun 26, 2023 11:22:20 #
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