Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/08

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Subject: [Leica] Difficulties of Calla - lilies /I do do flowers
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Sat Apr 8 16:45:23 2006
 
A few different views of a single Calla Lily - I often do flowers - it 
really is incredibly difficult to get anything like the shot Peter posted.
http://gallery.leica-users.org/album150/Calla_4_edited_1
http://gallery.leica-users.org/album150/Calla_2_edited_1
http://gallery.leica-users.org/album150/Calla_3_edited_1
http://gallery.leica-users.org/album150/Calla_1_edited_1

If I had done this series on film it would have cost me a small fortune 
getting it more or less right.This was where I found out the true value 
of digital photography
(for me)
Douglas
Technical stuff: Canon 300D (D-Rebel), Yashica Macro 2.8/55mm, colour 
converted to BW (photoplugins BW converter, mode APX)
Daylight: diffused backlighting, reflectors,mirror to produce highlights 
(4 frames selected from around 300)
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