Peter: I like the rose and the bud! But why is it I only want to turn my head with the rosebud? Did you turn the rosebud so the light cut it in half? Just wondering?
Joe: Very nice....I like the dark backgrounds, and the flowers look sharp!
Went to Marjorie McNeely conservatory in St Paul last weekend to experiment with macro, drank too much coffee, asked wife to watch camera, ------and this is what she shot
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try, try and ty again
re: Verbena.
Do you use a tripod to get these? As I said in my post today, I can never seem to stand still enough to get the focus right.
Yes to that, I would count that as something for the flowers as well. Because of the vibrant colours of course.
And to your other question, no I don't use a tripod, mainly because I like to walk around. My 'technique' is to shoot in good light, mostly around f/11 and 1/250sec (with ISO variable - my Nikon D7000 can do that, so it is almost like you have a third automatic option besides shutter and aperture). My macro lens does have VR, but it seems that at these close distances it doesn't work too well. So I make multiple shots and select later.
Sometimes I shoot over a 100 shots in the garden or wherever I am and have less than 10 keepers.
Hope that helps.
I am loving the angle you took the, Purple Clematis, at. It's lovely!