Gallery: WildlifePosted July 26, 201350 views2 comments
yin and yang on prairie clover
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Comment posted by Gary Gulash on July 27, 2013 at 1:09 AM
Nice concept John and the title is great. Looks like it might have been mid day so the light is rather harsh for revealing delicate detail on flowers and insects. Not knowing what equipment or settings were employed makes it hard to comment, but I find that detail in the background competes a bit with the flowers and bees, maybe less dof? My preference would be to crop to just above the flowers to avoid the square format and accentuate the opposing yin and yang duality thing. This photo would likely fit in well over at flora too ! More yin and yang.
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Comment posted by John Clulow on July 27, 2013 at 7:09 AM
Thanks for your comments, Gary. Background on this and additional shots I'll probably post; I kind of hit a wall in my photography and stopped. Then I decided to focus on nature instead. I started a course in local flora identification at The Morton Aboretum. This image was taken on our first outting. I had been in direct sun at 86°F in the shade for two hours. I was taking shapshots merely for documentation purposes. Shortly after this shot, I had to sit down as I was on the verge of fainting -- I wasn't prepared for the heat.
Anyway, there was some breeze last Sunday, and I had selected the following settings in manual mode: 1/250s, f/22, ISO 3200. I was a second shooter in my nieces wedding in March and learned there that I can shoot at high iso with my camera boty, Pentax K-5, so I used that to help with the motion blur and at the same time get the best depth of field I could -- I was using a Tamron 90mm macro lens all day.
Of course, I prefer to use a tripod and take some time setting up, but the instructor specifically forbid that and we only have time for a few snaps at each stop along the way. Even so, in spite of their defects, I think several might be interesting to those on NPN who are interested in flora. I myself am completely new to this area, but I'm very much enjoying the learning process, and I find it is transforming the way I see my environment.
In terms of photography, I think that I had been doing it sort for its own sake. Now it seems the focus is upon an aspect of nature, and the photography is just a tool in pursuit of that interest. So we'll see what happens. Thanks again for your comments.
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2 commentsAnyway, there was some breeze last Sunday, and I had selected the following settings in manual mode: 1/250s, f/22, ISO 3200. I was a second shooter in my nieces wedding in March and learned there that I can shoot at high iso with my camera boty, Pentax K-5, so I used that to help with the motion blur and at the same time get the best depth of field I could -- I was using a Tamron 90mm macro lens all day.
Of course, I prefer to use a tripod and take some time setting up, but the instructor specifically forbid that and we only have time for a few snaps at each stop along the way. Even so, in spite of their defects, I think several might be interesting to those on NPN who are interested in flora. I myself am completely new to this area, but I'm very much enjoying the learning process, and I find it is transforming the way I see my environment.
In terms of photography, I think that I had been doing it sort for its own sake. Now it seems the focus is upon an aspect of nature, and the photography is just a tool in pursuit of that interest. So we'll see what happens. Thanks again for your comments.