st for the heck of it, turned off all the lights and then lighted the plant with a flashlight. Woo hoo! It glowed like crazy! And then darned if I could place the flashlight just right again. I never got this same lighting situation even though I tried a number of different angles. I have a short attention span and not much patience, so I moved on. But doesn't this look cool? I was shooting at ISO 200, 1/6 second at f/8. I purposely underexposed the shot by 2/3 of a stop to keep the look dark and glowing. ©Carol Leigh
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Friday, July 10, 2009
Viva sempervivum!
I purchased this sempervivum plant specifically to photograph because I love the way the little spiky things stick out and look backlit even when they're not. I spent a lot of time this afternoon shooting it and will post the images as I process them. I used a 100mm macro lens and, ju
st for the heck of it, turned off all the lights and then lighted the plant with a flashlight. Woo hoo! It glowed like crazy! And then darned if I could place the flashlight just right again. I never got this same lighting situation even though I tried a number of different angles. I have a short attention span and not much patience, so I moved on. But doesn't this look cool? I was shooting at ISO 200, 1/6 second at f/8. I purposely underexposed the shot by 2/3 of a stop to keep the look dark and glowing. ©Carol Leigh
st for the heck of it, turned off all the lights and then lighted the plant with a flashlight. Woo hoo! It glowed like crazy! And then darned if I could place the flashlight just right again. I never got this same lighting situation even though I tried a number of different angles. I have a short attention span and not much patience, so I moved on. But doesn't this look cool? I was shooting at ISO 200, 1/6 second at f/8. I purposely underexposed the shot by 2/3 of a stop to keep the look dark and glowing. ©Carol Leigh
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