A black background was my first thought since it was so dark but I was
fooled by what appears to be very dark foliage like detail in the
background. Is the cookie sheet shiny and is that perhaps a reflection?
Chuck Norcutt
On 5/2/2011 3:32 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> Hi Chuck,
>
> One of the posters of nice flower photos on the LUG uses a piece of black
> poster board that he can slip behind blooms, to isolate the action from the
> background. I've been meaning to try that, but never got around to buying
> the board. After looking at this situation, I picked up a discarded black
> cookie sheet from my candidates for a trip to the recycling center, and
> placed it behind the bloom. With a little cleanup in PSE, it worked fine
> for me.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Norcutt"<chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion"<olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 2:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Iris Time
>
>
>> Yes, that also looks very nice. But what's the background? It looks to
>> contain some natural foliage elements but also looks like it's about 5
>> stops down from the foreground. How did you do that?
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> On 5/2/2011 1:15 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>>> It is now Iris time. These bloom each year, with little assistance.
>>>
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Iris+29.jpg.html
>>>
>>> E-1 with Leica-R 60mm Macro
>>>
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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