Posted by David Clapp on October 4, 2008 at 4:03 PM
Well I do like to be beside the seaside, but I am also rather crazy on my 'floating flowers' which I realise I have sadly done very little on this year in favour of vistas and travelling.
If you are wondering what this is, well its a Ramson or wild garlic. Selection of the flower is a difficult task. Rather than going for the larger flower heads, its better to look for smaller ones with longer stems as these isolate easier. This rather symetrical example almost looks like a broach.
The image was shot using a 5D, Zork MFS and a Rodagon Rodenstock APO 90mm. I used a set of extension rings as well. At f16, the flower is seperated well from the background but not well enough, so I go a large leaf, split it down the middle and placed this at the base of the stem to give a featureless background. Patience was then the name of the game as the darker forest floor gave a shutter speed of 1/3sec at ISO 400.
Oh,the leaves are actually very tasty.
Posted by John Robinson on October 4, 2008 at 4:17 PM
Superb shot David. I really like the "floaty" effect.
Good to have it explained too.
Spot on whites too.
Great stuff.
JR
Posted by Dave Tucker on October 4, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Simply, "stunning", thanks for sharing.
dave
Posted by David Taylor on October 4, 2008 at 5:07 PM
I've got this growing in my front garden. Very useful for culinary purposes. They say 'eat garlic and find out who your friends were' but you would certainly make friends with this image. Excellent. Nice to read how you achieved it as well.
Posted by Fran French on October 4, 2008 at 5:12 PM
Absolutely superb. Your patience has certainly paid off.
Fran
Posted by Major Gilbert on October 4, 2008 at 5:41 PM
Very well put together and another excellent image.
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9 repliesIf you are wondering what this is, well its a Ramson or wild garlic. Selection of the flower is a difficult task. Rather than going for the larger flower heads, its better to look for smaller ones with longer stems as these isolate easier. This rather symetrical example almost looks like a broach.
The image was shot using a 5D, Zork MFS and a Rodagon Rodenstock APO 90mm. I used a set of extension rings as well. At f16, the flower is seperated well from the background but not well enough, so I go a large leaf, split it down the middle and placed this at the base of the stem to give a featureless background. Patience was then the name of the game as the darker forest floor gave a shutter speed of 1/3sec at ISO 400.
Oh,the leaves are actually very tasty.
Good to have it explained too.
Spot on whites too.
Great stuff.
JR
dave
Fran
Major.
Matt
That's a first class effort.
Barry
Eastbourne / Kansas