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Post by herron on Apr 17, 2006 20:03:15 GMT -5
  This seems to be the week for flowers. Shot these daffodils during a walk around my father-in-laws farm over the weekend. I'm delighted with the shot, because I was using my 500mm mirror lens on my Canon 300-D (DSLR), and these flowers were a LONG way off. Slight focusing problem is surely mine (these old eyes don't see as sharp as they used to). |
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Post by PeterW on Apr 18, 2006 10:05:07 GMT -5
Hi Ron,
I like the way the daffs are caught in the sunlight and stand out against the dark background. Was this a handheld shot with the 500mm lens? If so, you've certainly got a steady hand. Any idea of the shutter speed?
Peter
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Post by herron on Apr 18, 2006 14:23:00 GMT -5
Peter: My hand is not that steady!  I had the camera on a tripod. The lens is f/8 fixed, ASA setting 200, so the shutter speed was about 1/125. The ground toward the flowers rises quite a bit from where I was standing, which is why it looks like I was shooting them at a low angle. There are the beginnings of some heavy woods behind. The daffodils were in the only spot in the area that was in direct sunlight. They're not in a flower bed, just growing wild in the grass near the woods. With the light hitting them the way it did, they caught my eye from a long way off, and I shot them just to see what the mirror lens would do (I've never had a lot of success with it). I had been trying to shoot pictures of some wild turkeys I spotted in the area, but after waiting around for more than an hour, I decided they were never going to come out of the woods while I was there...and it was just too shadowy in the woods to make a decent shot. I would not even have had the lens with me, if there had not been a discussion about mirror lenses several weeks ago on the Board! |
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Post by mickeyobe on Apr 18, 2006 14:46:14 GMT -5
Ron,
"(I've never had a lot of success with it)."
You have now. What are they looking at?
Mickey
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Post by byuphoto on Apr 18, 2006 20:01:47 GMT -5
Great shot, Ron. I have noticed that the lighter or more highlighted the background is the more pronounced the donut rings
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Post by herron on Apr 18, 2006 23:06:42 GMT -5
Thanks. Like my father was fond of saying, "Every once in a while even a blind squirrel finds an acorn." Guess it was finally my turn. |
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Post by vintageslrs on Apr 19, 2006 8:50:54 GMT -5
Ron
I love that expression. I use it alot.
Great way to piss people off if used properly ;D.
Bob
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Post by GeneW on Apr 25, 2006 21:27:34 GMT -5
I really like the bright dafs against the dark background. Nice!
Gene
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