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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Practicing...

The speaker at our Photo Club meeting this week showed a technique for making your blooms really showy.  After a trip to the hardware store to purchase LED flashlights, pipe clamps, threaded rod, nuts and bolts, and a length of PVC pipe, DH put together a wonderful light bar for me!  The following photos were my first experience with the new light bar, which is mounted to a tripod.  I think, with practice, this might be a wonderful way to create some real art!




These are straight out of the camera, using spot metering, ISO 1600, Shutter Speed 1/800, f5.6.




Linking to Floral Friday Fotos and SOOC.

14 comments:

abhinavr said...

Amazing photography! The flowers got a special beauty!! It is nice that you gave the shooting specification also at the end. Thank you :)
But one thing, didn't you notice that the right side gadgets have overlapped the photos? :)

Magia da Inês said...

°♪¸.♫♫♪
Olá, amiga!

Passei para uma visitinha.
Amei as suas fotos, principalmente as fotografias de flores...
M A R A V I L H O S A S!!!

Boa semana!
Beijinhos.
Brasil
❤♪¸.•°`♡

Rajesh said...

Very pretty.

Melbourne Australia Photos said...

Fantastic shots, Linda. Now you gave me ideas about LED lights... :-)

Thank you for your continuing support of Floral Friday Fotos!

Kranky Granny said...

Lovely shots. You may have hit on a great idea. Hubby has been trying to get me to use a tripod and an up-fill flash when shooting macros. I have yet to decide that all that extra work is worth the effort. Perhaps, I should give it a try.

betty-NZ said...

It looks like you're on to something great here!

Brian King said...

Gorgeous photos, Linda! The lighting is fantastic. You did a great job with these!

Roslyn said...

Wow what a difference! I obviously need some more expertise for my quilt pics, just don't have time to study up on techniques, Linda.

Rae Walter said...

Looks like you are onto a winner. Great images.

eileeninmd said...

Linda, Wow, these are lovely images. You did great!

Nancy said...

Linda, these are fabulous! Kudos to hubby. :)

CameraCruise said...

Wow, fantastic shots!
Love all of them.
Mette

Faith Hope and Cherrytea said...

first attempts? WoW !
liking the cooperation :)

Jenn Jilks said...

Fun having a helpful DH!