> The lilac shot was problematic. I knew it would be a depth of field
> nightmare . . . as you guessed. Had to find a spray that didn't have
> anything that close behind it and located one near the bottom of the
> shrub. It was so close to the ground I had to invert the tripod center
> post and mount the camera upside down suspended under the tripod.
Composed
> it so the film plane was parallel to the spray's stem to reduce the DOF
> required. Even with the vari-magnifinder I was crawling on the ground to
> compose it. Back-focused slightly from the front of the spray (using the
> stem), bracketed the DOF with the three tightest lens apertures, and
> prayed. It looked OK through the vari-magnifinder when using DOF preview,
> but for slide projection and potentially large prints, it's still
difficult
> to see whether or not it's deep enough. It was one of the longer tripod
> setups I've been through.
>
> Thanks,
> -- John Lind
I'm afraid I've lost my purist approach to photographing flowers. If they
don't cooperate as they should, they get bent, picked, moved, or otherwise
manipulated into a position that is comfortable for me, improves the
background, shows their best pose, etc. It might shorten their life, but it
saves my back and knees.
I have some tulips due for such treatment, perhaps this afternoon. Stupid
things grew in a place that has a cement background.
Wayne
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