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10-APR-2005

20050414 Cowslips

I don't really understand flower photography! You see some attractive flowers, but most intended pictures just seem like snapshots. So it's back to the Macro lens - but then it's easy to lose the sense of scale and context. These cowslips are probably about 20cm tall, but even if the sense of scale is lost, I liked how the stems portray the cowslips' overall shape.

Any tips on flower photography gratefully received - there are so many great flower photographers on PBase after all!

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel
1/500s f/5.0 at 100.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Guest 14-Apr-2006 18:38
Gorgeous shot
Cliff15-Apr-2005 04:58
I think you did really well and the macro lens is fun. I really like pbase for the variety of styles when it comes to floral shots (and everything else for that matter :o) )
Josy's Pics15-Apr-2005 02:19
Beautiful picture... nicely captured.
Josy
don nieman15-Apr-2005 02:13
Nice detail!
poetry66614-Apr-2005 22:54
Lovely composure and frame John. Great shot!
Guest 14-Apr-2005 20:07
Nice! I'm not keen on flowery pics generally, but I like the dark background on this.
Bill Miller14-Apr-2005 19:45
Lovely, and you are right about the loss of scale in macro. I always enjoy these types of pictures...