mark_rogers

September 7, 2010

Experimenting with macro photography

May 21, 2004

I was taking a lighting class and a created this during a homework

assignment. The natural picture was black&white due to the lighting so

I used photoshop to add the tint and clean up some imperfections in

the table and the glass.

April 6, 2003

Here is the original raw picture. The leaves in the final picture came from a version of this picture that I shot with the backlights off.

Thanks Steven. You should look into the Plano Photography club, it has helped me a lot.

April 6, 2003

The background really was black, and aside from some burning to hide the stand, I did not treat it separately. I try not to get too involved with numbers in my photography (aside from f-stop/shutter speed). I have enough numbers and technical details in my day job.

April 4, 2003

Thanks, those are both great compliments and I have already noticed that niether are easy to come by around here. :)

April 4, 2003

Thanks, not sure what you meant by "painted", but I just selected the petals and did a hue shift. All other colors are natural except for some levels and saturation adjustements. The petals still have a lot of white because I backlit the flower which made them glow. I didn't want the leaves to have that look so I cut them out of a version of the photo that was not backlit.

April 2, 2003

I agree with Jon. Definitly different. It caught my eye and then I had to look at it for a minute to figure out it was a shadow merging into a reflection. I think I would cut out the shoes, but keep the shadow.

March 31, 2003

I cant tell they are little, just that they are young.

March 30, 2003

I like it, good use of the single light, I would probably crop the lower 1/3 since it is empty except for her arm leading you out of the pic.

March 30, 2003

I like him reaching out of the picture. It is gimicky, but I think you pulled it off ok.

March 30, 2003

I think you were lucky with light, it was very good for availble. Even has the catchlight in the eyes. A little more shadow, or a little underexposure might have helped make it little more somber, I am not sure though.

March 30, 2003

great lighting, but my eyes are torn between the two sets, i might like it better cropped in half

March 28, 2003

I like the blue, and I like the foreground leading into the background. The small rock sticking in from lower left seems to interrupt the flow to the back for me.