Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for looking Mark. The limited focus was intentional in the ones I selected to show. I did shoot each composition from f/2 through to f/11. I prefer what is meant to be the semi-abstract in these. They're just flowers as an exercise in workflow.. *Family and friends are everything.* Cheers Geoff http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman On 23 June 2013 06:46, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote: > Nice color! > Terrific fuzz! > Shooting with a tripod lens wide open is a real man bites dog story! > Selective focus shots have to have the sharp area right up front where the > eye goes to first. The eye does not want to have to go searching! > My eye is moving around these shots trying to find the very small areas > which have useful (sharp) information. > Bokeh is a great thing from an expensive lens but I'll take flowers over > bokeh of flowers any day. Or at least have the sharp area were we can > easily > find them. > And if I have my tripod with me I'm sure as hell going to stop down. > > > > > > On 6/22/13 1:13 AM, "Geoff Hopkinson" <hopsternew at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Just for the exercise. Some sunshine after a grey winter morning. > > I found these hiding under a Cycad in our garden. > > > > Some squatting in the bed with Gitzo and honeysuckles dripping on my back > > and a quick trip through LR on my email laptop. > > > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/150916643 > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/image/150916644 > > > > > > *Family and friends are everything.* > > > > Cheers > > Geoff > > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Mark William Rabiner > Photography > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >