I got the Dailylife Wife a nice bunch of flowers a few days ago, before she headed back east to Nephew Paul’s pending nuptials. It was an inexpensive bunch, and I thought the green buds might open in the heat before she left. They did.
(1/30s f/8.0 ISO200 100mm Canon 7D)
We don’t know what they are. The label didn’t say. They are about an inch across and one and a half inches long or so.
(1/15s f/8.0 ISO200 100mm 7D)
I decided to play around with my nice 100mm Macro lens and my new ring flash.
(1/30s f/8.0 ISO320 100mm 7D)
Once I put the camera on a tripod things started working out much better. Nice and clear, with a pretty good Depth Of Field (DOF).
(1/30s f/5.6 ISO125 100mm 7D)
This one is an interesting shape and texture.
(2s f/16.0 ISO125 100mm 7D)
I used some extremely small apertures (larger “f” numbers), which adds to the DOF. This one is at f32. Normally I stay at f8.
(3s f/32.0 ISO125 100mm 7D)
I really like the background on this one.
(3s f/32.0 ISO125 100mm 7D)
This 100mm Macro lens sure can pick up some detail!
(1s f/32.0 ISO125 100mm 7D)
Here is one stem of flowers. I just used some foam board for a background. If I could have moved it farther away I could have mitigated some of the shadows.
(2s f/16.0 ISO125 100mm 7D)
And here is the whole bunch. You can see while some have opened up very nicely, other blossoms have passed their prime and are fading fast.
(1/6s f/6.7 ISO125 50mm 7D)
All in all a fun little educational type project. Not bad flowers for $4.99, either!
Curtis in /\/\onTana! {!-{>
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