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Posted by Alan Bryant on April 28, 2008 at 12:59 PM
Bluebells
20D
EF100 2.8 macro lens
Elbows resting on my cam bag(tri-pod was abit to tall)
Lastolite reflector(to light up the bottom and the right side)
Natural light
ISO 200
1/200 @ f/4(for the 2 stacked shots)
Expo comp -1/3

Comments welcome

Thanks for looking :wavey:
Posted by John Robinson on April 28, 2008 at 1:11 PM
Nice one Alan
Good to see a Bluebell the right colour.
Cheers
John
Posted by Alan Bryant on April 28, 2008 at 1:14 PM
Oh forgot to ask :rolleyes:

Can anyone recommend me a head and a tri-pod that i can get down low with.I will be only using it for macro work.

Cheers :cool:

EDIT - Thanks John :wink:
Posted by Graeme Lee on April 28, 2008 at 1:19 PM
Very nice Alan. Worth rubbing those elbows raw for! :toast:
Posted by Justin on April 28, 2008 at 1:20 PM
Very nice shot Alan. Love that two-colour backdrop. :toast:

I used a Benbo Mk 1 for years, and for low level work it's invaluable.
An excellent tripod for flowers, fungi, etc,etc.

Posted by Barrie Harwood on April 28, 2008 at 1:28 PM
Can also recommend the BENRO (not a spelling mistake). A Chinese 'version' of the Benbo
Posted by John Robinson on April 28, 2008 at 1:40 PM
I use a Slik with a head post low down on one leg. You can actually splay the legs out until they are flat !
Great. Had it years. Model number worn off !
Cheers
John
Posted by Paul Inglis on April 28, 2008 at 1:45 PM
Hi Alan,

Beautiful shot! I've been trying to find these but spring is a little late over here! However found a couple two days ago and I'm intending to go back and give it a whirl! No stacked shots for me as I haven't got the patience!

As for the Tripod & Head! Check out these link;

http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/bbs.cgi?a=vm&mr=28307&CGISESSID=b1db8b3e947a8e88e7ce4038c89ccf8c&u=24299

http://www.naturephotographers.net/imagecritique/bbs.cgi?a=vm&mr=28323&CGISESSID=b1db8b3e947a8e88e7ce4038c89ccf8c&u=24299

Hope these help! If you PM me tomorrow I'll tell you which I decided upon! :biggrin:
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Alan Bryant on April 28, 2008 at 2:10 PM
Awesome thank for the recommendations.Paul i thought i saw a post somewhere asking the same thing :redface: :cool:

:toast:
Posted by John Chapman on April 28, 2008 at 2:20 PM
Beautiful picture Alan.
John :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on April 29, 2008 at 3:58 AM
Very nice Alan :toast:

Manfrotto 55ProB and a 410 geared head - try it - you'll love it :wavey:
Posted by Paula Graham on April 29, 2008 at 9:33 AM
Yes, lovely. I like it a lot.