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- Rusty
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- Myers
Okay, seeing Scott and Scott doing all that playing with their macro lenses made me want to break mine out and get some shots. Today I was not using a flash nor a tripod. All ambient light, hand held. No stacking on this set, all were single shots. Manual mode, 1/320 sec, f7.1, ISO 200. Sigma 105mm macro on a Canon 7D Mark 2 (crop sensor). My "tricks" are continuous focus, high speed shutter (10 frames a second) and shot a 2-3 shot burst. I breath like I'm shooting a rifle, breath in, a little out, hold it. Arms in tight. Wait for the breeze to stop or lessen.
As usual, with my shots, click on them and it will take you to smugmug where you can view them full sized.
Okay, no cropping on these images. Size is as shot. First image is straight off camera, no editing at all. Second shot is the edited version of the first, just so you can see what changes happened. Basically, I added some sharpening and masking. Lowered highlights and whites. Blacks and shadows had minor tweaks.
This shot is almost directly into the sun and it was clear out when I took it.
This shot is the same flower as the first, but shot from almost 180 degrees on the opposite side. Same editing as #2.
Last shot has similar edits, but I also tweaked the white balance so the petals were correct.
As usual, with my shots, click on them and it will take you to smugmug where you can view them full sized.
Okay, no cropping on these images. Size is as shot. First image is straight off camera, no editing at all. Second shot is the edited version of the first, just so you can see what changes happened. Basically, I added some sharpening and masking. Lowered highlights and whites. Blacks and shadows had minor tweaks.
This shot is almost directly into the sun and it was clear out when I took it.
This shot is the same flower as the first, but shot from almost 180 degrees on the opposite side. Same editing as #2.
Last shot has similar edits, but I also tweaked the white balance so the petals were correct.