I'm not sure what this flower is called. It grows near the back of our house. I was standing when I took this photo, and I'm 6'4". So that may give you some idea of how tall these are. They grow to about 8 feet tall.
As far as the photography is concerned, I used my circular polarizer filter. I wanted to try and have a blue sky. The filter did help with the sky, but then the flowers were to dark. I then popped up the flash on my camera so that the flowers would have some light. I still wanted a faster shutter speed, but I discovered that the built in flash on my camera will only allow the shutter speed to be 1/200 of a second. Great, now I have to add the Speed Light Flash as another item on my wish list!
Lessons Learned:
- See paragraph above about the need for a better flash.
Winner of week 19 in the online viewer poll.
6 comments:
Very very very cool, LOVE this! Probably one of my favorite of yours to date. And that's tough to achieve!
A great and innovative photo of what must be a giant flower - and I don't know the name either (we probably don't have it).
PS Beware that very few cameras (if any) can use shutter-speeds faster than 1/250 sec. This doesn't matter so much with ordinary pictures since the flash is much faster than this and supplies most of the light. Also (and you probably know this) - the effect of the polarizing filter depends on the angle it has with the light source, so you have to adjust it for each shot. I'm sorry if I repeat what you already know.
RuneE,
I really appreciate your knowledge, and I would rather have you repeat something that I know than not saying anything at all. Thank you for doing this.
Steve
Elizabeth,
Thank you for your encouraging words. I like this one as well.
Steve
I guess that does sound a bit fishy. Let's just say he likes to see me win!
I love the composition in this photo. The judicious cropping suggests airiness and highlights the space outside the frame.
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