More Macro
A couple of days ago, I spotted some bright orange fungus growing on a bit of old wood in the Garden. I thought that it would make a great Macro subject.
Earlier this afternoon, between the rain showers I went and had a go.
I used my E300 with the EX25 Extension tube and my 50-200mm lens all mounted on a tripod.
It took a little while to get everything set up and I managed to get a couple of shots.
The photo was not really everythig that I thought I may be able to get from the subject. After looking at it on-screen to me it just didn't really have much impact as a photo.
While walking around, with the Macro all set up I spotted a couple of other items that I wanted to try.
The first one, was a Green tomato.
The Tomato is only about 30mm in size - and a perfect Macro subject!
Then, amongst the grapevine, I spotted 1 leaf that was at a good height and still had a few spots of water on it from the rain.
And finally, there is an interesting little fern-like plant growing out of a crack in the concrete. I got in close and shot down into it.
I was about to pack up and go inside, and noticed my Dogs sitting down about 1m away from me. So, I framed up this picture - still all set up as a Macro.
I could only frame just over 1/2 of her face this time.
I took around 20 shots altogether, but I only took the 1 of the Tomato and Grape leaf - the ones you see above.
I went out with the prime intention of getting a couple of shots of 1 subject and ended up shooting several. Out of all the photos I actually took, it was the fungus one which actually holds the least appeal to me! So, when you are out taking photos - don't forget to look around, you might end up finding a subject that you had not considered!
Whenever I have tried to photograph plants with a lot of green in them in the past I have never managed to get a picture I was happy with. The Photos I took today were really good, except the colour in all of them was pretty flat and horrid. Well today, I finally put in the effort to find out why and get the colour right.
I always shoot with Auto WB (white balance) and this was the primary reason for my problems. I noticed that the Colour temp was very high and that the WB tint was also very high, rather than near the middle of the scale.
All of these photos did require fairly extensive PP work to get the best out of them. In all cases, I adjusted the WB, sharpening, saturation and levels/curves. I was able to process them just using RSP - my Raw workflow tool and didn't need to use any other software.
Keep an eye on my photoblog, as I'll be posting a larger image of some of these photos in the next week or so.
