Macro flower photographs

[Walj]

Dear Peter here are a couple of shots taken with long exposure.


For this Aging Beauty I used ISO 100, f/8 and 0.8 sec with a 35mm lens. The exposure was not as long as your because the white rose was reflecting enough light. For comparison here is her friend, the red rose. The shot was taken in the same light condition with the same lens, ISO and f-number, but the exposure time is now 6.0 sec. Also consider the loss of rendering of reds in the sRGB space.



The result is clearly different from what you get using light painting. With this I do not mean one is better than the other. They just give different results. This is why I was curious of experimenting light painting.

Cheers
Andrea

PS.
Our florist told me that the name of the roses are: Mondial, the white, and Freedom, the red.

Lovely shots and love them all! Sharp and clear. Thanks for sharing.

[kris]

Andrea, I like the structure in the petals of those roses. I am still not sure in my experiments whether that detail is partly caused by the longer exposure or the roses' age. I like it though.
Definitely something to try out now and then with indoor flowers. The colours and everything look different, but still beautiful when compared to exposures in normal daylight.

Dear Peter,
for some reason I have some problems with the browser, so I give a short answer.

The rendering of the texture depends on both the exposure and the lighting. For these shots I used a soft low light setting to enhance the texture.

Added:
I hope now the browser keeps working.

These shots were taken with lighting from northern light coming through a window with a white curtain, more or less one hour before sunset. To enhance the texture I also disposed the camera to have the light source, the window, roughly 45 degree on the right.

I agree the results are different from what you get in normal daylight.

Cheers
Andrea

[Letrow]

My flower shots to share with all members. Thanks for viewing. Your C & C will be appreciated. Thanks:


#01


#02


#03


#04


#05


#06

Hi Walad, nice shots. I just noticed them now. The two shots in this post are the ones I liked best. Lighting and sharpness looks best on these, for me that is.
Your first flower has darker colours. Might be the influence of getting so close to the subject.
Your text at the lower left of each photo distracts me a bit, but if you need it, leave it in.

[Letrow]

hyacinth

[Aforns]

Stunning images Peter !!!

[kris]

Lovely shots and love them all! Sharp and clear. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Walad.

I agree with Peter, your #03 and #06 are the ones I like more, but I also add the number #05, with a bit of PP.
The number #01, #02 and #04 looks more flat to me.

Cheers
Andrea

[Letrow]

First flowers are coming up





eranthis or winter aconite

[rawill]

The life of flowers, in macro, sent to me by a a friend in Jicin, Czech Republic.

Enjoy:

http://player.vimeo.com/video/279209...ortrait=0href=

[Letrow]

Snowdrop

and a tiny blue one


Probably Veronica chamaedrys.

[Letrow]

1/10sec at F/14 and ISO400


1/4 sec at F/11 and ISO160
Chrysanthemum
Taken at two different days. The first in bright sunlight, the other on a normal day. The difference in lighting is obvious.

[Franci]

Anemone



Buying flowers is still easier than looking for them in the wild!

[Franci]

No sun today, so I tried candle light

[Franci]

Cute, the little blue flower!

[kris]

The Chopin's Rose


This shot was taken in Pere-Lachaise cemetery. I was wandering there when I saw beautiful flowers on the Chopin's tomb. This is one of them.

[Letrow]

Beautiful shots Franci and Andrea.
I like those anemones and that candle light does look like sunlight with its warmth.

That rose is awesome, what a colours.

By the way, next weekend I am in Rome for a short holiday with my wife.
We have booked the Villa Borghese and a tour of the colosseum and we are staying at a nice looking B&B on the Via Carlo Alberto Racchia.
For the rest we'll be walking around I think, sightseeing and maybe do some shopping and hopefully get some good food. If you guys have any tips for things to see or restaurants to go to, let me know please

I'll be taking the Nikon 1V1 for this city tour, not the big (and heavy) D600 I think.

With any luck we get to see the new pope if the elections go as fast as they did the last time.

[kris]

Beautiful shots Franci and Andrea.
I like those anemones and that candle light does look like sunlight with its warmth.

That rose is awesome, what a colours.

By the way, next weekend I am in Rome for a short holiday with my wife.
We have booked the Villa Borghese and a tour of the colosseum and we are staying at a nice looking B&B on the Via Carlo Alberto Racchia.
For the rest we'll be walking around I think, sightseeing and maybe do some shopping and hopefully get some good food. If you guys have any tips for things to see or restaurants to go to, let me know please

I'll be taking the Nikon 1V1 for this city tour, not the big (and heavy) D600 I think.

With any luck we get to see the new pope if the elections go as fast as they did the last time.

Thanks Peter.

If you go to Colosseum I would suggest the Palatino and Foro Romano too. They are really close. If you can, go there on Sunday because Via dei Fori Imperiali is pedestrian area and, believe my, this makes a big difference. If you are short of time, at least climb up to the Vittoriano balcony. You do not need to go up to the last floor. For this you have to buy a ticket and take an elevator. From there you have a really nice view of Rome.

As restaurant, try da Piperno (http://www.ristorantepiperno.it/) where you can have a typical Roman-Jewish food. Do not miss the Carciofo alla Giudia (artichoke jeswis art). The restaurant is a bit chic but you will not regret. Have you any special wish about food?

As camera I personally would take the D600. Now I am in Paris, I'll be back to Rome the end of the week, and I have with me my D800. Before this, I always carried the D300, and when I did not, I regretted. But it is a personal taste.

[Franci]

Have a nice trip!

[Letrow]

Thanks for the tips Andrea, that restaurant looks good, so I'll make an effort to go there. I like all kinds of food, so that shouldn't be a problem.
I am still in doubt on the camera, so maybe I will bring the D600. With the wide angle and the 70-200mm it is quite a weight though, we'll see.

[Letrow]

Helleborus



Chrysant

[kris]

Thanks for the tips Andrea, that restaurant looks good, so I'll make an effort to go there. I like all kinds of food, so that shouldn't be a problem.
I am still in doubt on the camera, so maybe I will bring the D600. With the wide angle and the 70-200mm it is quite a weight though, we'll see.

Dear Peter,
here in Paris I have a couple of wide angles, 25mm and 35mm, the second really small and light, the first bigger and heavier, and a 18-85mm, which I never used this time... I also use a backpack to carry the camera. It is a simple and cheap 22liter quechua backpack, in which I put the camera bag with the camera. This, for me, efficiently solve the problem of the weight.

By the way, if you like paintings, in Le Scuderie del Quirinale there is an exposition about Tiziano. The museum is just in front of the Quirinale.