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Re: #37 - Leaf Skeleton
Posted: Thu 07 Feb 2013, 07:59
by Mike Farley
davidc wrote:After moving furniture around in the bedroom I found a leaf from a bunch of flowers that must have fallen behind the chest of drawers. Ideal photo fodder
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It seemed to suit high contrast monochrome particularly well, letting you focus on the intricate detail.
First time I have heard of someone turning over an old leaf .......
Good pattern shot.
Re: #37 - Leaf Skeleton
Posted: Thu 07 Feb 2013, 19:42
by Paul Heester
Fantastic image, love the diagonal composition. Looks like it was taken under a microscope, maybe I will keep some old flowers in the shed and see how they fair after a few months
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#38 - Liquid
Posted: Sat 09 Feb 2013, 00:09
by davidc
Not much time for photography yesterday so I plucked an idea from my little black book.
Any ideas what it is?
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http://500px.com/photo/25433333
#39 - Split
Posted: Sat 09 Feb 2013, 00:24
by davidc
This wasn't the shot I had planned for tonight, I was originally aiming to do a high key body shot maybe holding the AE-1. That's back in the book to do another day.
Definitely enjoyed using and loved the effect my softbox gives - that's the main source to the left - and combined it with the shoot through umbrella. Once I started playing with my coloured gels the plan went out the window
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Went for something darker and moodier to cap off a crappy week at work.
Strobist - YN560II left @1/8th power through a softbox, blue gel. YN460 right, red gel through umbrella
http://500px.com/photo/25435241
#40 - Anniversary
Posted: Sat 09 Feb 2013, 17:10
by davidc
It's 11th my anniversary today so the theme kinda went without saying
It was actually really challenging getting the lighting right in this one so I used a novelty light-changing LED lamp in the background and bounced flash off a piece of white card to light the book pages.
http://500px.com/photo/25485241
#41 - Splash!
Posted: Sun 10 Feb 2013, 21:03
by davidc
I spent this afternoon learning the basics of water drop photography. I can now report it's in equal measures frustrating, messy and FUN
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I planned to do this at a weekend because I assumed it would take a while to set up the shot, tweak settings and take a lot of trial and error. And I wasn't wrong! Today I've taken 1792 shots.... nearly two thousand! And out of this, I have kept exactly 10, three of which I like enough to post online!
Now I'm looking at electronically controlled infra red triggering system for future efforts
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Strobist - YN 590II right at 1/32 pointed at the background, less than 10cm from the drop. YN460 left at 1/32 pointed at the background also.
Splash! - 41/365 by
cedarsphoto, on Flickr
http://500px.com/photo/25603825
Re: David's Project 365
Posted: Mon 11 Feb 2013, 12:10
by Rose
LOL.. you have far too much time on your hahnds David ! Seriously, you are learning in leaps and bounds and producing some cracking shoys - well done.
Re: David's Project 365
Posted: Mon 11 Feb 2013, 12:25
by davidc
Rose wrote:LOL.. you have far too much time on your hahnds David !
Haha it definitely doesn't feel like it, especially when I spend most of the day thinking about what shot to take, start panicking on the train on the way home from work, get in/sort dinner out and still don't have a clear idea.... Sometimes I'm surprised I make it at all to be honest!
Seriously, you are learning in leaps and bounds and producing some cracking shoys - well done.
Thanks
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Re: David's Project 365
Posted: Mon 11 Feb 2013, 12:42
by Mike Farley
Excellent. I also have a splash shot on my "to do" list, but a recent review of a triggering device in Amateur Photographer suggested that getting everything right is not straightforward. Thanks for confirming my suspicions.
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Re: David's Project 365
Posted: Mon 11 Feb 2013, 12:48
by davidc
I think I'll go for a triggering setup later in the year but found a simple "plastic bag filled with water" served my needs admirably. I wasted over an hour trying to manually drop water into the same consistent spot based on another online setup guide... didn't work at all.
I've seen the electronically controlled multi-drop setup kits and though they look like fun, right now I don't want to spend that much and think I can achieve more use a slightly more modest arrangement.
I'm planning on doing it again soon and will post a "how to" setup guide as well. This one was very rough/ready.