These are lovely, Gareth.

Roger.

Nigel, when it came to it, I couldn't actually remember what I'd done to achieve the image!

So, I started from scratch with the colour original & managed this........






...not better nor worse but different!

Stuart, the original was over-exposed in camera as a first step in helping the blending of the (white) outer petals into the white paper b/g. (Some seams in which are still just visible, sorry!)
Converted to mono in Elements 11.
Cropped.
Then a combination of levels & contrast adjustments to taste!
(As far as I can recollect....)

I think I feel a poll coming on.....
Light vs dark?

Roger.

Thanks for your time & thoughts, Nigel.
The "very white indeed"-ness around the border of the image is deliberate.
I was aiming for the image to become lighter from the centre & merge / disappear into the background light.
When I get a mo, I'll tone one down for you Nigel & we'll see the effect of both.....

Roger.

Just playing with some flowers we were given over the weekend.....
K5, 100mm D FA Macro. Redsnapper + ballhead.
10 secs. @ f14. ISO100. Remote F, mirror-up.
Daylight.
Elements 11.






Thanks for looking, any thoughts welcome.

Roger.

Many thanks everyone, for your kind comments.

Roger.

Yes Stuey, I think I've heard something along those lines about Pentax.......
....& yes, I've missed a few shots through slow af.

But if I can manage to focus a macro lens manually, it's only the same but a bit faster, isn't it?

The bonus is , as I found out yesterday, is that in manual focus, switched on the camera body, a much faster firing rate is achieved in continuous shooting...

so, any tardiness in focus can be compensated by a greater burst rate, in that one may go through the focus-point, then back through it again, but (in simple terms), one will have two good shots.

This wasn't thought through before the session but examining the results led me to the conclusion above.

This could, perhaps, be further refined by the use of C-I-F as well.....?
Looking forward to the next decent light day already!

Any ( non-miraculous/ impossible) thoughts, anyone?

Roger.

Beautiful!

Thanks for letting us see!

Roger.

Cheers Gareth & Kev.

They're all iso 800, Kev, apart from no1, which was 1000.
(All are crops.)

Thanks for looking,

Roger.

Thanks, Rob & Peter.

Oh, all right then, Mike.........
As it's you!




Roger.

Thanks, Daron.

Yes Mike, it would have been, wouldn't it.......

but...

"Miracles worked daily.
The impossible takes a little longer!"

Roger.