Perpetual flower photo thread

[Zac_K]

Here's my flower pic to add to the bunch. Hope you all like it.

Taken with my trusty Fujifilm s5000, handheld, macro on, 1/160 shutter speed and set to f3.2


Tell me what you all think.

[Wombat]

Great shots folks and welcome to all the newcomers.

Here is a red rose in bud. I didn't notice the water droplets at the time - such a pleasant bonus.

Canon A80, handheld, macro mode, ap f/8.0, exp. 1/640s, exposure compensation -1.

regards
Wombat

PS keep those shots coming

[wall]

Nice rose bud, Wombat. I can see from your settings that it must have been a very bright day out when you took that photo.

Here's an Iceland Poppy taken with the Panasonic FZ5:

F/4; 1/160; ISO 80

[gstafleu]

Pink flower with bud:

[phistio]

some nasty 'ole bull thistles...


shot in NPM, 1/90, f/2.8, ISO - 200, @ 13.9mm

[Wombat]

Nice rose bud, Wombat. I can see from your settings that it must have been a very bright day out when you took that photo.

Hi Wall - pleased you enjoyed the rose bud and yes you are quite correct it was midday on a cloudless day - thank goodness for exposure compensation.

I liked the lighting on your iceland poppy - those shadows really do add a lot of drama and form.

regards
Wombat

[Wombat]

gstafleu - that is a lovely composition of the mallow flower and bud - very subtle colour and shape well captured.

phistio - I find thistles tricky to shoot I usually miss the details you have captured so nicely. I notice you were on ISO 200 setting. I have been using this on my Canon A80 recently. Actually I turned it up to capture some bees on flowers and forget to turn it down again!!

It really helps with my camera shake and when a breeze is moving the flowers. I am quite surprised just how much movement there can be and yet ISO 200 seems to cope. I am sure there is some loss in quality but better that, than a load of blurred shots.

regards
Wombat

[Geoff Chandler]

Really loving everyones photos here - thanks to all!
This is sort of chat I guess ~ you may have heard me say that my A-200 has a strange sort of approach to macro and mention it's not the very best for super close ups.
Well - here's a little flower - with my thumb for scale. This shot isn't as close as I can get.

[Geoff Chandler]

This is at about 50mm - getting close to the limit at 200mm zoom macro

[Geoff Chandler]

Finally - using 8mp resolution on the orig - I can make a substantial crop to get this: -
Most flowers etc arn't this small - so mostly I've got it covered with the A-200 - the Oly C-740 goes in a lot closer but at wide angle - the result is about a 3rd larger image I guess.
Any comments??