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Male and female Hazel flowers

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Posted by David Taylor on February 14, 2008 at 4:08 PM
Male and female Hazel flowers
My twisted hazel Corylus avellana 'Contorta' is in flower at the moment so trying out my Raynon DCR-250 super macro conversion lens, 2.5x magnification. Not perfect by any means more for info than
critique so advise on how to improve will be welcome.

Sigma SD14 dslr
Sigma 50mm EX macro lens
Raynon DCR-250 Super Macro conversion lens
f16
Tripod
Cable Release
Ambient light
RAW adjustment SPP3
Cropped and spot removal PS Elements 5


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Posted by Mike Smith on February 15, 2008 at 2:15 AM
A simple diffuser of white opaque material would lower the contrast levels and prevent the highlight burning - alternatively expose for the highlights and use a white reflector to fill out the shadows = this would probably make it pop more as the background would darken off.

Mike