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The opposite to HSF...

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Posted by David Taylor on April 14, 2010 at 9:04 AM
The opposite to HSF...
..Low speed LEDs.:smile: :wink: These cultivated Fritillaria meleagris plants
were photographed using 3 x 3w LEDs on my living room table this morning.

Sigma SD14 dslr
Sigma 24mm EX DG macro lens
LED lighting
ISO 50
F8
8s
for 4 images
RAW processed in SPP4
Combined in Helicon Focus 5.1 x64
Finished off in Sagelight and PictureWindowPro5
Framed with XaraXtremePro5

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Andy Gregory on April 14, 2010 at 10:49 AM
Not a bad shot David but I feel that the lighting looks a bit too unrealistic as most of it is coming from below and not above as with sunlight! Interesting technique. :toast:
Posted by CLICKMAN38 on April 14, 2010 at 12:33 PM
Beautiful shot, David. Since it is clearly a studio shot designed to capture the best features of these delicate plants, I guess the location of the lighting was chosen to light up the "bell"of the flower. Thanks for providing all the software detail on how you processed the four images it took to produce this one shot. My patience wouldn't last long enough to go through such a process! :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 14, 2010 at 2:19 PM

Interesting use of LED's David, I like the lighting effect too. Nice one.

Andy...
Posted by Robert Lawrence on April 14, 2010 at 2:53 PM
Superbly executed as usual David. I'm with Tom on this in that I cannot see me ever having the patience or skill to do these 'stacking' images.
Posted by Guy Rogers on April 14, 2010 at 3:23 PM
Hello David.

Great use of LED lights to great effect and I think it as work really well.

I've been using a single LED on some of macro shots for a couple of years now but in day light conditions and they really are useful things.

:wavey: :wavey: :wavey:
Posted by David Taylor on April 14, 2010 at 4:57 PM
Thanks folks for your comments. :wavey:

Guy,

For outdoor LED use I was looking at these.

http://www.alternativeenergystore.co.uk/item/item/701004/13/0/Lumen-Wireless-LED-Light-Bars-(pack-of-two).htm

alternatively a deep cycle battery, inverter and my existing LED lighting would be a more costly and bulky alternative. For even more money I could have the battery recharged by solar panels

http://www.alternativeenergystore.co.uk/page/products/2/0/Solar-Photovoltaic.htm

or I might treat myself to one of these :smile:

http://www.speedgraphic.co.uk/prod.asp?i=20346&1=Senz+LED+Ringlight

or one of these

http://www.speedgraphic.co.uk/prod.asp?i=19897&1=Litepanels+Micro+Pro+Kit

:eek: :smile:

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Craig Jones on April 14, 2010 at 6:30 PM
Nice image David and would love to see a close up of the purple,bell shaped flowers they look lovely :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Simon Phillpotts on April 14, 2010 at 7:02 PM
Different and effective. I agree with Craig, it would be interesting to see the same technique applied to a closer shot of the flowers. :smile: