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Posted by Jim Casteel on March 18, 2010 at 11:49 PM
Daisy's
Tonight I was shooting some lenses that I wanted to sell and decided since I had the macro lens out I would shoot some flowers with my wife just got with strobes. I know it isn't exactly NP but it is fun to shoot none the less.

Posted by Jim Casteel on March 18, 2010 at 11:50 PM
Another shot
Posted by Jeremy Kessler on March 19, 2010 at 12:05 AM
Beautiful images, did you remove the backgrounds or just shoot against something white?
Posted by Dean Sauskojus on March 19, 2010 at 12:07 AM
I like that 2nd one Jim. It has a lot of character to it. I get most of my flowers for the wife from Costco.
Posted by Jim Casteel on March 19, 2010 at 12:12 AM
I shot both images with a white background. I positioned my strobe so it would blow out the background completely.
Posted by Bill Pelzmann on March 19, 2010 at 12:50 AM
Both are very nice, Jim. I like the blown out background.

I also try to shoot all the flowers that I give my wife. In fact, I should probably be giving her fowers more often. :biggrin:
Posted by Nick Moore on March 19, 2010 at 9:20 AM
These are both very nice Jim, my macro lens is my least used, thanks for the inspiration!.
Posted by Todd Caudle on March 19, 2010 at 9:21 AM
WOW!
Posted by Brian Jackson on March 19, 2010 at 11:03 AM
These are great. I've been wanting to do this same thing all winter. Maybe this will give me some inspiration.
Posted by John Mumaw on March 19, 2010 at 3:04 PM
These are lovely!
Posted by Byron West on March 19, 2010 at 3:42 PM
I like that you shot them with a white background. I took a macro botanical class recently and learned to paint the flowers with LED lights during a long exposure. I will email an example to you or if it would not be inappropriate, I could post it here. Since I am new to this forum, not sure the best way.
Posted by Byron West on March 19, 2010 at 3:51 PM
Well, thought I would just go ahead and post one of my macro images since it is relevant to this thread.