Not everyones taste.

[DeeGee]

It's the seed heads left on the crocosmia over the top of the pond where the water runs back in creating ripples and bubbles that hold light.

Taken with the 55-250

I just like it.


Camera Canon EOS 500D
Exposure 0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 250 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire

[pelliott1954]

Re: Not everyones taste.

Di, I am not surprised you like it......This is really good, the light on the buds is excellent, at first I thought you had used flash, but you hadn't, it is nice and sharp for 1/50, did you use a tripod? and the black background with the light "blobs" is super.

What time of day was it taken?

Regards Paul

[hhcanon]

Re: Not everyones taste.

What a delightful image Di

[Hereford_EOS]

Re: Not everyones taste.

Not everyones taste

Maybe not but I also like it you have a good eye for things photographic

[DeeGee]

Re: Not everyones taste.

Thanks all.

Forgot to add: Hand held. I have a hand strap on the camera now which seems to help keeping things steady. I was sat on a wooden stool, elbows on my knees, forming my own tripod. (I have a tripod and always forget that I could use it. ) Taken 1:50 in the afternoon, used AV didn't get what I wanted. Swapped to TV mode, started with a quick speed and then worked backwards till I got something I could see, and it froze the surface bubbles enough to catch the light. Hope that makes sense.

A fuller exif data:

Shot in TV - priority.
Camera Canon EOS 500D
Exposure 0.02 sec (1/50)
Aperture f/5.6
Focal Length 250 mm
ISO Speed 200
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program Shutter speed priority AE
Date and Time (Original) 2012:09:22 13:51:22
Date and Time (Digitized) 2012:09:22 13:51:22
Focus Mode AI Servo AF
Metering Mode Evaluative
Focus Range Not Known
Canon Exposure Mode Shutter speed priority AE
Lens Type Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Short Focal 55 mm
Focal Units 1/mm
Max Aperture 5.7
Min Aperture 32
Color Tone Normal
SRAWQuality n/a
Auto ISO 100
Base ISO 200
Measured EV 7.75
Target Aperture 5.7
Target Exposure Time 1/51
White Balance Auto
High ISONoise Reduction Off
Live View Shooting Off
Flash Exposure Lock Off
Lens Model EF-S55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS
Dust Removal Data (Binary data 1024 bytes, use -b option to extract)
Color Space sRGB

[tesarver]

Re: Not everyones taste.

Di, top notch image. Love it. The composition is spot on.

Tom

[ST-EOS]

Re: Not everyones taste.

I really like this great clarity and the background adds to the overall image without detracting from the foreground well done for persevering to obtain the image you were after

[Stan]

Re: Not everyones taste.

The crocosmia is well lit against the dark background and goes well with the blue highlights, although I would tend to tone them down a tad by running the burn too over them a few times using a medium sized brush at settings of range - highlights and exposure 6% (assuming you use PS or PSE)

Stan

[DeeGee]

Re: Not everyones taste.

Thanks everyone for the feedback.

Stan - I have Gnu - it does have a dodge and burn option, I'll have a look and see if I can work out how to do that.