No apology needed, Brian. Your list served to remind me what I should already
know.
But on that day the wind was moving the flower unpredictably, notwithstanding
the shelter available in our garden. I was using a black spring screen (I've
forgotten the brand name) for background, but that required holding the camera
with one hand. So, I should have used a tripod.
Chris
On 31 May 2011, at 13:07, Brian Swale wrote:
> If this sounds like telling a grandmother how to suck eggs, I apologise in
> advance.
>
> 1) Choose a day which is bright overcast.
> 2) Choose a flower for which you can line up a *distant* background which
> is dark in in shadow and which lacks annoying texture or detail.
> 3) expose from the flower.
>
> If this is not possible, pick one or more flowers out of the garden, arrange
> them in a suitable sized vase and place on a suitable pedestal in sidelight
> only. Drape some non-reflective black fabric over a suitable support, placed
> in such a way that *no* direct bright light strikes it, and take whatever
> shot
> takes your fancy.
> To my eyes, aspects of some of your flower shots that bother me are (a)
> backgrounds that are too bright, (b) backgrounds with too much
> recognisable detail (c) highlights on the subject that are too bright (use
> RAW?)
>
> Don't hesitate to crop your shots afterwards to obtain good composition.
> With 16.5 megapixies you have heaps of detail to work with.
>
> If I've got this wrong, throw a bucket of cold water over me and move on . :-)
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