Bud

Nikon f3+Vivitar 105/2.5

Nice composure, good lighting and background blur. The soft lighting focuses the viewer on the shape. I'm curious how this would look in B&W.

Interesting to see, once again, how light is underlying shapes ..

Would had liked to a view a bit larger.

Exquisite.

Very nice control of DOF.

Beautiful details... lovely composition and nicely lit. I'ld also try a lesser light from the left, and a little more backlight.

 

Best regards.

I keep messing with your pics, let me know if it gets irritating.

 

The bud had a tint of green, but perhaps not so green. I have removed what seemed to me to be a green color cast.

Arnab, I really appreciate your critiques and changes, so mess away all you like:)

 

BTW, I have been unable to send you a scan because the Nikon coolscan generates 50Mb files which my mail server refuses. Maybe I sould send you a lower re scan.

 

-Anupam

Great eye for spotting this little departure from perfection - delicately composed! Btw, saw those lovely additions to your macro folders. Awesome! Just a curious thought, how would it be to shoot some o' them in black and white?

Kasturi, I have thought of doing some flowers in BW, but it would only make sense if I am shooting with colored filters - which would lose me between 1 to 3 stops of light. I would want the finest possible grain, so TMax 100 at EI 50 would be best. So I am looking at an effective EI of 6 or so with a red filter. As you know, light is already at a premium in macro with extension, converters etc - so I am figuring my exposures (with reciprocity) would end up in the 10 sec+ range. difficult here in cold and windy Wisconsin.

 

But difficulty of course isn't excuse enough not to try something, so I'll eventually do it. But right now I am making the best of the few flies and beetles that have managed to crawl out here, pushing Velvia a stop. I am also learning to use flash for some kinds of macro photography - so one one thing at a time :-).

 

-Anupam