Raindrops..

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6 replies

Posted by David Taylor on July 9, 2009 at 6:34 PM

..and fly. Again on a Golden Bamboo leaf.

Sigma SD14 dslr
Sigma 50 EX macro lens
Sigma ring flash
Hand held
F16
1/200s
ISO50
Manual focus
RAW adjustment in
SPP3.5
Cropped in PS Elements 5
Framed in Xara Xtreme Pro 5

Posted by Matt Cole on July 10, 2009 at 2:56 AM

are you now diffusing the flash David? The lighting looks better here. Good detail in the fly and the droplets, a slight shame the fly is facing out of the frame, but that's a fairly minor point. A nice shot.

Matt

Posted by Craig Jones on July 10, 2009 at 5:58 AM

Now he's taken on to much

loved both of these photo's David, only wished this fly was facing you as it would work better IMO, very nice photo's

Posted by David Taylor on July 10, 2009 at 6:00 AM

Yes Matt, with a bit of plastic bag over the right hand flash tube and choosing a time when the sunlight was diffused by white cloud. Having to get in so close with the 50mm lens the fly kept turning away from me but didn't take off. This was the best I could get at the time.
Thanks very much for your valued input, and you too Craig.

Posted by Ian Mason on July 10, 2009 at 6:48 AM

The detail in this is superb! I'm not much into macro (yet) but I think this would look great as an abstract without the fly!! Look forward to seeing more like this.

Posted by David Taylor on July 10, 2009 at 7:41 AM

Thanks Ian. The Sigma SD14 has been much maligned, but its Foveon chip is capable of excellent results with the right lens, and the photographer ignoring it's so-called limitations.

Looking forward to the SD15 when it appears and who knows maybe a FF
camera?

This may be of interest http://www.sigmacumlaude.com/Leica-R%20Pro/sd14mount.aspx

Posted by Fran French on July 12, 2009 at 1:50 PM

Don't know why I haven't commented on this before David,sorry.

Nit covered, the detail in both the fly and raiindrops is amazing. Your hard work with these guys is paying off nicely. Great stuff.

Fran