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by Victor Engel
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15-FEB-2004 Victor Engel

Last Year's Peppers *
by Victor Engel

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
1/25s f/22.0 at 135.0mm iso100 with Flash hide exif
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Date/Time15-Feb-2004 17:17:29
MakeCanon
ModelEOS 10D
Flash UsedYes
Focal Length135 mm
Exposure Time1/25 sec
Aperturef/22
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias-0.63
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modepartial (6)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Guest 16-Feb-2004 03:38
Roberta,

Thanks for the comment. I tried quite a few angles, both camera angles and sun angles. Unfortunately, unlike the orange pepper, which glowed nicely when backlit, the green and red ones didn't. If fact, I couldn't find a combination that worked the way I visualized the shot. I ended up having to use fill flash. I really don't like using flash, and in this situation, without a flash filter, you get specular reflections of different temperatures.

I also have a pond and will experiment with shooting the reflection of the sky instead of the sky directly, in order to darken it and also get a different camera angle. I guess I should also shoot with a polarizer, although I don't have one for this camera yet. This could be a good excuse to go get one. A polarizer would probably improve both the sky and the fruit.

Victor
Canon DSLR Challenge16-Feb-2004 02:56
Victor,
The interesting shapes and vibrant colors of the peppers make this an excellent subject for the challenge. I would stick with this subject and (*)shoot from a variety of angles. Excellent clarity. Roberta
Guest 16-Feb-2004 01:28
This pepper plant was actually a volunteer in an empty pot in the yard. I gave it no care at all and just watched it change over time. -- Victor
Canon DSLR Challenge16-Feb-2004 00:46
Great idea - I was planning on something similar, but wasn't able to find the right color peppers in the grocery. -Ed Hahn