Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dying is easy macro is hard. But it was a fun experiment! On 6/22/13 7:21 PM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks for looking Mark. The limited focus was intentional in the ones I > selected to show. I did shoot each composition from f/2 through to f/11. I > prefer what is meant to be the semi-abstract in these. They're just flowers > as an exercise in workflow.. > > > *Family and friends are everything.* > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > On 23 June 2013 06:46, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > >> Nice color! >> Terrific fuzz! >> Shooting with a tripod lens wide open is a real man bites dog story! >> Selective focus shots have to have the sharp area right up front where the >> eye goes to first. The eye does not want to have to go searching! >> My eye is moving around these shots trying to find the very small areas >> which have useful (sharp) information. >> Bokeh is a great thing from an expensive lens but I'll take flowers over >> bokeh of flowers any day. Or at least have the sharp area were we can >> easily >> find them. >> And if I have my tripod with me I'm sure as hell going to stop down. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 6/22/13 1:13 AM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Just for the exercise. Some sunshine after a grey winter morning. >>> I found these hiding under a Cycad in our garden. >>> >>> Some squatting in the bed with Gitzo and honeysuckles dripping on my back >>> and a quick trip through LR on my email laptop. >>> >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/150916643 >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/150916644 >>> >>> >>> *Family and friends are everything.* >>> >>> Cheers >>> Geoff >>> http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Mark William Rabiner >> Photography >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Mark William Rabiner Photography http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/