Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/06/22

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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Bromeliad blossoms bokeh
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2013 09:21:22 +1000
References: <CAE3QcF5_nfjq6dkD_QgHghCvZRwLzwdQdcOZ5vOQT=+4kfW2GA@mail.gmail.com> <CDEB8557.BFAC%mark@rabinergroup.com>

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
> >
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Replies: Reply from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] IMG: Bromeliad blossoms bokeh)
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Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] IMG: Bromeliad blossoms bokeh)