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27-MAY-2006 GeraldH

Columbine*

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
1/200s f/4.5 at 100.0mm iso100 with Flash hide exif
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Date/Time27-May-2006 13:10:20
MakeCanon
ModelEOS 10D
Flash UsedYes
Focal Length100 mm
Exposure Time1/200 sec
Aperturef/4.5
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modepartial (6)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programprogram (1)
Focus Distance

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ctfchallenge05-Jun-2006 07:35
Thanks Rod, Joem and David.
As for the lighting: Using the ST-E2 speedlite transmitter, I positioned the flash so that its beam hit the flower from the lower right. Probably the use of flash is the reason for the unnaturally hard look of the stamens with the anthers (don't remember the correct terminology even in my own native language not to mention that I have no idea of the English translations; fortunately there is Wikipedia in several languages). Natural lighting would have been much better for a flower pic but we do not have much sunny hours here at present.
-Gerald
David03-Jun-2006 13:45
Curious to know how this was lit Gerald. Being a keen gardener I should know what those polleny things are called but for the life of me I can't remember (getting bloody old!). They look like little nuggets of gold. Impressive, I like it.

David.
Guest 03-Jun-2006 10:04
Excellent shot, nice comp
Rod 02-Jun-2006 22:22
Well done Gerald this has the makings of a great looking shot but it has the looks of being over sharpened. I like me flowers to look soft & cuddly:-)