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Subject: Re: [OM] IMGs: Tuesday Flowers
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 20:34:43 -0500
They're all good and sharp but all but the last seem a bit underexposed.

Maybe one of the 45 degree diagonal can be adapted in some way to help 
the viewing problem
<http://www.adorama.com/searchsite/default.aspx?searchinfo=45+degree>

Chuck Norcutt


On 11/27/2012 10:58 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
>       Okay, this is my third attempt at getting some decent photos of the 
> Ipomopsis multiflora.  I went out fully armed with the heavy Manfroto 3001 
> tripod with 3130 head and a few other items.  It took me over 45 minutes 
> lying on sharp rocks with the tripod column inverted to get enough photos 
> from a few different angles to satisfy me, and here are two of the better 
> ones:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8224411998/in/photostream/
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8224412764/in/photostream/
>
>       To take the second photo I used a Tamron 28-80mm f/3.5-4.2 with a 2X 
> macro-focusing teleconverter and a +1 diopter auxiliary lens.  One item that 
> did not work out was the right-angle viewer, which is why I ended up lying on 
> the ground.  Ordinarily it is helpful, but with the tripod column inverted it 
> is next to useless.  I would really like to find a viewer eyepiece with a 
> 45-degree angle for work like this.
>
>       Rather than walk along the trail I opted to walk along the streambed 
> for four miles as that's where the bulk of floral activity will be found this 
> time of year.  I came across a broad patch of Colorado Four O'Clock 
> (Mirabilis multiflora), and took a few Georgia O'Keefe photos:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8223335559/in/photostream/
>
>       I used an antique Vivitar 75-260mm f/4.5 TX series lens plus the 
> Vivitar 2X macro-focusing teleconverter to photograph this specimen from a 
> distance of eight feet.  The flower is 1-1/2 inches across.  If anyone needs 
> a convincing example of the value of that teleconverter, this will probably 
> suffice.  Don't leave home without it.
>
>       I later came across a side drainage that looked inviting, and way up a 
> 50-degree slope of loose shale I came across an exceptional specimen of False 
> Paiute Bindweed:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8223334799/in/photostream/
>
> and right next to it was my first sighting of Wild Radish:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8224409618/in/photostream/
>
>       Even though I worked myself to the point of exhaustion, it was a very 
> profitable adventure.  Now I need to do something about that viewer.
>
> Chris
>
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