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This small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae) is enjoying English lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) which interestingly isn't native to England so I suppose it's a kind of British museum thing where England has discovered lavender somewhere else, taken it home and decided it belongs to England, right?
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/55411630820/
I have not been out shooting for some time, just can't take the heat this summer! Trying to rekindle my excitement about getting out now that it's beginning to cool off. I thought editing this oldie would get the fire going.
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A single shot with Nikkor 105mm macro lens. 1/50th sec, 1000 ISO, f/7.1 with 2 RGB lights either side. 1 set to Purple the other set to Green. It is sitting on a white stone benchtop.
The diffuser is one of those miniature ones with a tiny screw cap and tiny cork holes in the top.
The whole diffuser is 50mm high.
Nikon D700 | Nikkor AFS-105mm F2.8 VR Micro | Nikon Speedlight SB700 | Raynox DCR 250 | Macro Diffuser
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Чуть-чуть розового света на огромных заснеженных елях, на склоне горы Ялангас. Зима, пасмурный закат.
Location: Farm dam near Durbanville
Description: Here is another Vertorama from Saturday morning’s misty sunrise. It’s not nearly as dramatic as the first one that I processed from that morning, but in my opinion the soft diffused light and gorgeous pastel dawn colours easily make up for it.
Gosh, this D300 takes incredibly beautiful photographs!! Just look at the detail and clarity in those foreground pebbles… too gorgeous for words!!
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Equipment: Nikon D300 (Sigma 10-20mm)
Date: June 2008
Low tide was at noon in Portugal when we were there, the worst time for photography. However, I promised myself to go for these great waders. An alternative title could be "please, some water.. "
I got a question from someone about the blurred background: Trust me, no artificial blurring or whatsoever. Just some sharpening and colorcorrection.
Certainly not a unique pose, but I really like this shot -- especially because the bride and groom "got it" when I told them to "almost" kiss, rather than lip or tongue lock ... like so many other couples do. The KEY to getting this photo right is getting them to let me capture the moment BEFORE the kiss as they blissfully close their eyes. You want to capture the "anticipation" of the moment they kiss, rather than the kiss itself. The whole idea is to get the couple to act as if the photographer isn't there. It should seem like it's just THEIR moment ... which just "happens" to be caught on camera. About all I did in post was to add some diffuse glow to the skin tones.
As for lighting, we took this shot within minutes of the sun setting and faced them towards the remaining light in the sky, or as I call it, God's Huge Softbox. You get great soft light and warm skin tones in that light. And you only get that light for about 15 minutes during sunset. BTW, if you do this shot, do it with the bride on the left and the groom on the right. That way you get her ring and his boutonnière.
Oh, and it really helps to have a good looking couple. Especially a bride with a gorgeous neck and chin line. =)
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This post describes a simple flash diffuser solution I've been using a lot lately as a complement to my regular beauty dish style diffuser. The basic concept is nothing new: the diffuser is attached to the front end of the lens and wraps around the subject creating the equivalent of a small light tent.
This type of diffuser is sometimes referred to as "cup diffuser" since the main component is usually some sort of white plastic cup (Stephen was the first I saw describing this idea so I consider him to be the inventor).
Besides giving an extremely even and soft light this type of diffuser has another benefit since it makes it easier to get a well exposed background. A common problem with flash macro photography is that while the main subject is easy to expose properly, the background – being far away from the light source in relation to the foreground – becomes relatively dark or black (and if you expose for the background the main subject is over exposed or blown out). This becomes less of a problem with cup diffusers since the diffuser also acts as a shade, reducing the intensity of light hitting the main subject and thereby compensating for the fact that it's much closer to the light source than the background (which is lit by light coming from the flash directly).
I've been using this type of diffuser for at least a year or so but there are a couple of things that I've found inconvenient:
• Different lenses need different ways of mounting the diffuser. If it has a good fit on one lens, chances are it will fit badly on other lenses.
• Switching between diffusers is fiddly. I often want to be able to quickly switch between this type of diffuser and a beautydish style diffuser attached to the flash (better for skittish bugs and sometimes gives a more dynamic (less flat) light).
• Closely related to the previous point: mounting/unmounting the diffuser takes time. You either have to pack the gear with the diffuser attached (which often takes a lot of room in the camera bag) or spend precious time in the field mounting/unmounting it. And of course moving the diffuser from one lens to another becomes troublesome to the point where it might even put you off switching lenses.
• As you use this type of diffuser in the field they are often subject to quite rough treatment. Some solutions I've tried has worn out in a few hours.
The solution I've arrived at works by using several different small mounts, customized for each lens but with a standard fit for the protruding "light tent" part (referred to as the tent from now on). The mounts can be left permanently on the lens without interfering with different types of diffusers or making packing the equipment difficult. With the mount in place the tents can be mounted/unmounted using one hand in the matter of seconds. It's also very easy to make new tents if the old get worn or if you want a smaller/larger or differently shaped one.
Obviously this idea can be implemented in many different ways and the one I'm showing here is just one that happened to suit my needs in terms of size, diffuser material properties and availability.
A couple of weeks ago I went on a photowalk in Barcelona with a Lensbaby 45mm. It is a difficult lens to focus but the results are surprising. One part in focus and the rest soft and diffused. It's a fun lens.
Camera : Nikon D700
Lens : Nikkor AFS-105mm Micro
Conversion Lens : Raynox DCR 250
Flash : Nikon SB700
Diffuser : Macro Diffuser