On Dec 8, 2008, at 5:27 PM, bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> I have just realised why Siddiq asked if I had used flash for my
> delphinium
> shots in
> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=949&l=96aa7&id=1027725807
>
> I had taped a sheet of black velvet cloth to the brick house wall
> behind them.
>
> I have this sheet of velvet in my camera case most of the time and
> have
> used it for many flower shots both in the field and in the house.
>
> The photos were taken after sunset ( long twilight now in the summer
> here
> where these flowers are in Central Otago, New Zealand), or when
> there was
> cloud and no sun.
>
> The importance of not having sunlight (or flash) directly on
> flowers, is that it
> enables better natural colour saturation, and often avoids
> reflections and
> other phenomena which degrade the image. IMO.
a ha! there was enough light for a fairly fast shutter speed and
enough to stop down the lens? black velvet, would've never thought of
that :)
/s
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