Photo-a-day

[Butuz]

How's that working out for you then?

We decided we were missing a trick so now charge 'em £6.75 to get in.

[Bobster]

[computerman]

Baby Mandarin duck

[Bobster]

[kalniel]

I love everything about that apart from the lamp bob!

[Bobster]

I love everything about that apart from the lamp bob!

you don't love lamp?

i could clone the flash out of the picture, but it would change the dynamics..

[kalniel]

you don't love lamp?

i could clone the flash out of the picture, but it would change the dynamics..

I love the light from it, just not the physical device. Yet leaving the ball of light would look odd too.

Nothing to be done about it in PP - and it's still a great pic.

Were it possible to reshoot I'd maybe try one of two things - either show more the lamp and make it look like a classic flash lamp to provide some studio glamour (ie move it further back and slightly to left so we see the stand), or find some way to get that dynamic light without the body of the lamp, yet without it looking like a ball of light at the same time! Tricky - maybe having it closer but also further to left of frame so the body can be cropped out leaving the light to bleed in behind the model still. Don't know - would be fun to play with.

[Infinite]

DSC04305 by Infiniteey, on Flickr

Bought a macro lens a couple months ago and this is the first time I've used it :>

Jpeg straight from camera. No PP.

[computerman]

DSC04305 by Infiniteey, on Flickr

Bought a macro lens a couple months ago and this is the first time I've used it :>

Jpeg straight from camera. No PP.

got my siggy 150 today cant wait to take for a spin this weekend, it might be the sharpest lens i have. only main issue is the autop focus is a lil sluggish.

[computerman]

My first attempts at macro taken at my local common, what do you think? The bee was shot using a sigma 1.4 tc.

[r_j_k_p]

slug pic is the best.

[computerman]

slug pic is the best.

thanks its a snail.

[kalniel]

thanks its a snail.

Snails are just slugs who can afford houses

[r_j_k_p]

Every day is a school day

[computerman]

if only the flash didnt look so harsh on the snail, i was using a omni bounce diffuser cappy thing on the sb600.

[Bobster]

i was using a omni bounce diffuser cappy thing on the sb600.

correct - the Omni Bounce is a crappy thing - and it's not a diffuser.. it just steals a stop of light if you're outside..