Yesterday I went again and tried multiple exposure on my D7100.

I used::
1.multiple exposure ON
2. Auto gain ON
3. Number of photos , the max was 3 do i used 3
4. I used SINGLE PHOTO option so that all three photos can get overlapped on a single one, thus the last one is photo and the previous two will be the ghost images. Yesterday it was a bit cloudy, so had to restrict to 1/500 shutter speed. Igor my ISO fixed to no more than 400.


These two photos i took at 1/500 and ISO 400.

I'm having a hard time with flowers blowing in the wind when I'm too close to use auto focus on my Canon RP. I typically use the EF 100mm macro lens. I'm too blind for diopter adjustments to do me any good, so I rely on focus peaking to get the job done, yet often I miss focus on these because even a slight breeze will cause the flower to move.

I absolutely love this shot except that I was aiming for the center of the flower and it caught the edge of the center, not the center. I'm going to run it through Topaz, but I realize even Topaz can't perform miracles, so I have little hope of saving the shot.

What's the solution for this?

Stop fighting some of y'all and let's get down to business and play nice!.

OK, I'm originally a city kid and still mostly a city old guy so I don't know all that much about gardens and flowers except they are pretty, smell nice, and have cool lines and shapes for pictures. Enter my 25-year old LOVELY granddaughter Sarah Anne, who is a landscape designer and horticultural expert. She writes articles and professional papers on the subject, teaches, manages a massive garden at a veteran's long-term care facility and is a registered horticultural therapist. Sorry, I gotta brag about that kid! Point is, she has commandeered Grandpa to do all her photography and teach her how to shoot!

So, for the last few years, I have been dragged to the Central Canada Experminatal farm which has a massive ornamental garden and arboretum as well as a vast agricultural section. So, I have been converted from a guy who thought horticulture was about HOARDING all kinds of old and useless photographic junk to "Mr. Flower Power!

Beyond beautiful images

Lenses? Easy choices. A good macro- I like 100mm on a full-frame body so I can get in my tight shots without placing my big feet in the flower beds. Then I like a normal and wide-angle focal length to shoot landscapes, groups of flowers and plants and being able to illustrate the artistic aspect of landscaping and floral design. Withte wide-angle and normal focal lengths I can shoot the relationship of the flowers and plants to buildings fences, trellises, and barns.

My kit is a camera with 3 lenses, a 100mm macro, 50mm normal, and a 35mm wide-angle, a Gitzo carbon fibre tripod with a ball head, and a few of those collapsible spring-loaded small reflectors.

Sometimes I will shoot a more clinical shot to identify certain flowers and plants. While I am at it I will shoot some more abstract, artful, or strictly interpretive images so I can mess around in post-processing and have a bit of fun.

If you are shooting a special exhibit- somethg that you can't go back to if you want to re-shoot somethg, it is best to be slightly over-equipped to make sure you have what you need for both planned and unexpected opportunities.

Sometimes I just pack a regular camera bag. On longer treks, I have a small dolly kinda cart to haul around all my stuff. I am used to schlepping heavy gear to industrial and construction sites so a few extra pounds in the gardens ain't too bad. it's enjoyable but the pain set in later at night! Bengay and Tylenol are a good fix!

Where have all the flowers gone? Most of them come back every year!

PS- I looked this up: https://www.nybg.org/event/kusama/

You are gonna need those lenses!

This is a picture I took with my Nikon P1000 telephoto camera. I can tell you how much I love this unit because I am a enthusiast first with my wonderful 114LCM telescope then I built a nice 10" custom Big Mike unit. I have shown my 10" unit and now I've gone to the next step with my P1000 with is basically a telescope in it self. Oh.... I am also an artist who loves doing commission work especially on acrylic pour art. I have show my latest piece 12" x 12" x .05" with black crushed oxide then smothered with resin.

Peace All!