I'm in love

[chauncey]

The local florist is a source for some great subjects, plus...shooting in the kitchen is great light.






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[Shadowman]

Nice, I like the close-ups but the black and white really stands out.

[Downrigger]

I like the black and white too, but I think the second image is great - so imaginatively composed. And you are right - you've got really nice light in your kitchen!

[bnnrcn]

#2 is just superb, I also like the B&W

[deetheturk]

Really nice William,i like all of them!

[FrankMi]

The bar for shooting flowers this Spring is really being raised at CiC and this fascinating composition is no exception. Very well done William.

[chauncey]

I accept your ego boosting accolades with the appropriate humility, but trust me when I say that they are no big deal. All I do is use a tripod holding a 180 macro with a 2 X TC attached and shoot down on them after manually adjusting exposure, which worked out to be f/32, ISO 100, 0"6. I allow no walking in the house when I shoot slow SS like these and I do stack (five in this case) them to CMA on proper focusing. The clouds covering the sun will necessitate starting over with the series.

In other words, taking a pretty picture is easy...when you have a pretty subject.

[DanK]

Nicely done

[Brownbear]

Hi Chauncey,

Just to say that I'm in love with the colour versions. Beautiful!

[Mike Buckley]

taking a pretty picture is easy...when you have a pretty subject.

And recognize ideal light, create an ideal composition, use an ideal exposure, instruct everyone in the house to stop breathing, use effective focus stacking and effective post-processing including focus-stacking software. All of that's really easy. Yeah, right.