Fernalicious!

hoodmeister · 6 May 2006 at 15:21

Zee light was nicely diffused today, so I decided to go and take some shots of.. Ferns!

Tricky stuff

Had fun playing with various lighting setups, angles, and DoF - here's a few. Nothing great, but C&C appreciated. You don't get better if you don't stick at it!

EXIF's :

1 (Sigma 50mm F/2.8 Macro)
Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D70
Image Date: 2006:05:06 14:34:00
Flash Used: No <-- lies
Focal Length: 50.0mm
Exposure Time: 0.0040 s (1/250)
Aperture: f/8.0
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
Comment: (C) Hoodi Ansari 2006

2 (Sigma 50mm F/2.8 Macro)
Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D70
Image Date: 2006:05:06 14:24:33
Flash Used: No <-- lies
Focal Length: 50.0mm
Exposure Time: 0.0020 s (1/500)
Aperture: f/4.8
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
Comment: (C) Hoodi Ansari 2006

3 (Sigma 15-30mm F/3.5 - 4.5)
Camera Make: NIKON CORPORATION
Camera Model: NIKON D70
Image Date: 2006:05:06 14:38:40
Flash Used: No <-- lies
Focal Length: 15.0mm
Exposure Time: 0.011 s (1/90)
Aperture: f/11.0
Metering Mode: Matrix
Exposure: aperture priority (semi-auto)
Comment: (C) Hoodi Ansari 2006

Lostkat · 6 May 2006 at 15:38

Just wondering, why the conversion to B&W? I love the fresh green of new ferns, I think it's gorgeous. The texture is great in these, but I think the lack of colour has taken something away. Would be interested to see a colour version if you have one

hoodmeister · 6 May 2006 at 15:43

I didn't like the colour versions! :eek:

I did the B&W conversion in my RAW workflow, I'll go back and re-do one in zee colour!

And they weren't fresh greens, they're a browny brown when they're curled up like this

Lostkat · 6 May 2006 at 15:48

hoodmeister said:
I didn't like the colour versions!

I did the B&W conversion in my RAW workflow, I'll go back and re-do one in zee colour!

And they weren't fresh greens, they're a browny brown when they're curled up like this

Ahhh I see. The ones in our garden go a beautiful green just before they pop up. It's gorgeous. I'd still like to see a colour version anyway though

Perhaps the colours would look better with a dark background? The B&W suits the white though.

I like the middle one best because of the DOF, though I would have shuffled it up a bit so you could see more of the stem on the bottom one.

hoodmeister · 6 May 2006 at 15:51

Colour!
White card was the first that I came across in my big pile o' card

It doesn't help that all my colour ones have a bit of a cast to them - the flash was being diffused by a very bloo shirt :eek:

OK, maybe those greens are quite nice

edit : yes, second would be nicer with more stemmage. I find it pretty tricky when I'm naffing around so close (50mm macro, but I use it more for non-macro than I do macro)

Lostkat · 6 May 2006 at 15:59

How could you not like the colour? I love that rusty red and the bright green, I think it's a wonderful combination

Can't see any colour casts on that at all, unless it's been corrected already? Buy yourself a Sto-Fen diffuser or some tracing paper and solve the colour problems

hoodmeister · 6 May 2006 at 16:10

I fixed the somewhat cool cast :cool:

A stofen diffuser is on my ever lenghthening shopping list - I even have tracing paper, but why go get tracing paper when I already had a shirt on?

I'll try the other two in colour.

robertgilbert86 · 6 May 2006 at 18:30

Colour all the way!

Johnny|lucidcomposure · 6 May 2006 at 18:33

hey I like them. I agree on the black and white ones but colour also works.

Very nice as usual hoodi

Colin_da_Killer · 6 May 2006 at 20:15

Another vote for the colour from me!

dod · 6 May 2006 at 20:55

B&W for me, think it emphasises the shape more. Just goes to show you cant please 100% of the people 100% of the time

DRZ · 6 May 2006 at 21:38

The colour reveals more detail for me, so thats the winner.

Not sure I like the shots on the whole but I like the detail.

I have been sneaking about your gallieries and short of what I percieve to be a few technical shortcomings, your photography is really, really nice

Lostkat · 6 May 2006 at 21:53

I actually like both of them, but for different reasons. I love the texture in the B&W shots, it really stands out and is enhanced by removing the colour. However, as I've already said, I love the colour of newly developing bracken shoots so I also like the colour versions. However, I think the colour shots would have been enhanced by a different background. Either a dark one, or just by leaving it natural.

MR_Punk · 6 May 2006 at 22:44

Lostkat said:
I actually like both of them, but for different reasons. I love the texture in the B&W shots, it really stands out and is enhanced by removing the colour. However, as I've already said, ...

Couldnt Agree more!

+44

hoodmeister · 6 May 2006 at 23:11

DRZ said:
I have been sneaking about your gallieries and short of what I percieve to be a few technical shortcomings, your photography is really, really nice

Quite the compliment!
Gotta ask though, where do you think I'm going wrong from a technical POV (or is it all sorts here and there? : D) Would be interested to know

[Unless it's - cause you shoot Nikon

]

Lostkat said:
I actually like both of them, but for different reasons. I love the texture in the B&W shots, it really stands out and is enhanced by removing the colour. However, as I've already said, I love the colour of newly developing bracken shoots so I also like the colour versions. However, I think the colour shots would have been enhanced by a different background. Either a dark one, or just by leaving it natural.

Bracken! This isn't bracken! Orrible stuff

I agree with the lot [most] of ya though that the B&W // colour both work for different reasons.

Cheers chaps