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Orchids with the 50mm Macro and 40-150mm
Some shots of orchids taken at the Singapore Orchid Garden using the E-300 and the ZD 50mm Macro and ZD 40-150mm lenses are posted here:
http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthrea...74#post1327874 The first 4 taken with the 50mm Macro and the last with the 40-150mm zoom as it was located too high up a tree. Cheers
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good pics. need to pay to get in? last time i remember SBG has a promo period where u pay only $1.
i think the pics need some extra flash to brighten them up. i think u shud try some bounce with a white card.  here's an old orchid & lily for illustrations, not that its a great shot but just to show the effect of using bounce light. i find the results is more pleasing.   keep them coming Tomcat!!  |
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 I agree that a bounce card would be good in some of these macro shots but it's quite difficult to manage both bounce card(s) and camera with 2 hands. Must use tripod(s) or assistant. As I was using direct flash, I tried not to use the flash at full exposure as that would usually give rise to lots of tiny sparkling reflections off the petals. Got quite a lot of adverse comments in the past from ang-moh critics who actually prefer that no flash be used for flowers because they deem flash to be too harsh for such delicate subject.  I'll try to use a bounce card whereever possible the next time round to soften the shadows more. Thanks for your comments.
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Just curious, what time did you take the photos?
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need assistant? if u have a spouse or fren i guess its quite alright to do that. i merely mounted the bounce card onto the flash & fire off. the ang moh is right to a certain extend. what they didn't tell u is that if u dun use a bounce card with flash combo, u need to use reflectors & diffusers to adjust the light accordingly. that one need more stands & assistants than bounce cards, but results is very good. bottom line: good pics need a lot of effort & some $.  |
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sorry i didn't put it clearly. the diffuser is used to block out the harsh sunlight on top of the flower & not put on the flash. the reflectors, well, used to reflect light to balance off the diffuser blockage.
if u have a little garden at home, u can try it out. the effects is nicer than bounce flash with card for sure but it takes more setup, results in buying more accessories. so the conclusion is: ....... BUY LAH!! kekekekeker....... |
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Ah... OK I see. But this is going to be very difficult to set up for outdoor flower macro shoots like in SBG. People would think that I'm gila if I did that at SBG.
 I'm still learning to shoot flower macros and is using the method I used for shooting my cats and fishes at the moment, ie Manual mode with high aperture no. and fast shutter speed and FP flash so that I can 'shoot-and-run' quickly with minimal use of tripod. That's why the backgrounds were usually so dark unlike if I had used P mode. I will try incorporating bounce card & reflector card to see if I can improve on the exposure further. If still not successful, I will have to try other methods.
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shoot & run doesn't quite fit in the pic of macros & flowers. it takes time to setup, compose & light a scene to achieve top grade results. dun say gila in SBG, i have actually seen this guy (local) setup reflector for his flower shot. very simple setup with just one reflector, no diffuser & a flash. he got 2 stands, one mini for reflector & one big mama for his cam.
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