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How To - Flowers
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Sharon Day |
Below is a photo of the setup I use when taking flowers indoors. I use a silver reflector on the background. Before doing this I was always having problems with the backgrounds being too dark. The silver reflector solved this problem. I purchased the little water vial from the florist's department at the grocery store for .10 cents each. I melted some candle wax into the jar to hold the vial. Just simply push the vial down into the wax. Lastly, but not pictured, is I use either a white or a silver reflector to reflect the window light back onto the subject. I usually hold this with my hand as I view the image through the viewfinder so I know the light is reflected as I want it.
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Darren K. Fisher |
Look at you getting all pro with us. Awesome awesome image, and great job on showing us how to. I love it.
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Leonard Pierce |
Very beautiful image Sharon and an excellent presentation! I'll have to try the wax trick - I use damp sand...
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Tonya R. Boles |
Wow, it looks like you were outside..Neat tricks..Thanks for sharing.
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Tamera S. Phillips |
What a beautiful flower Sharon - I love the colors and detail in this shot. Thank you once again for playing the role of "teacher"!
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Bobbie Davis |
Awesome how to Sharon.....That's neat little set up you have there!
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Heather K. McFarland |
Thanks for the how-to Sharon. I would have never guessed it was an indoor shot!!! Clever and well done!
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- Su Sana E. P Contact Su Sana E. P Su Sana E. P's Gallery |
Brilliant set up and an excellent macro, Sharon!! Indeed very impressive.
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Tarun Bose |
Lovely shot Sharon. Thanks for the idea.
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BetterPhoto Member |
Amazing shot and I love the lesson.
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Sharon Day |
Thank you all for such nice compliments! If anyone has noticed anything I have left out or if there are questions just let me know.
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Wally Orlowsky |
Great shot and lesson, Sharon. The background sure fooled me as to it being indoors. My only question is, "Do you have two Nikon D70's? If, not how did you use yours to take aphoto of itself?" (LOL)
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Sharon Day |
Thanks, Wally! I wondered if anyone would notice that :o)! I borrowed my daughter's D70 for the setup pic.
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- Sherry Stricklin Boles Contact Sherry Stricklin Boles Sherry Stricklin Boles's Gallery |
This is great, Sharon...Great set-up and tutorial! Thank you so much for sharing! I would have never known this was an indoor shot...
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Cesar J. La Rosa |
Wonderful photo and a great lesson, Sharon. Thank you for sharing your invaluable experience with us, beginners like me, who are trying to learn from photographers whose work we've always enjoyed so much.
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- Dr Silly Contact Dr Silly Dr Silly's Gallery |
Wonderful photo and lesson. Thank you. If I ever do a still life this will help me with the set up. :O)
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Susan T. Parady |
Gorgeous photo, and another excellent lesson!
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Bill Morgenstern |
Perfect shot and your setup gets proven results. Try a black background sometime and meter off of a gray card. These look good too.
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Sam Britt |
Wow, beautiful image. Thank you for sharing your technique. The results are awesome. Sam
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- Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas Contact Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas's Gallery |
Sharon: thank you very much for sharing your beautiful image and the "know how" lesson!, Amalia
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photosbyjanine.com - Janine Russell Contact Janine Russell Janine Russell's Gallery |
Sharon, excellent colors, clarity, detail, DOF and lighting.
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Michael Khoury |
Great composition and beautiful colour story, Sharon!... Michael
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Autum Rhoades |
Sharon, excellent presentation. Thanks for sharing how you did this particular photo. You did a superb job on this photo! Awesome!
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Sharon Day |
Thanks everyone! I appreciate all the great feedback!
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Melissa G. Meiselman |
This is wonderful...showing how you created this photo. To look at just the image, I would swear it was taken outside among a bed of similar flowers. Really terrific set-up and and one I plan to try. Thanks so much, Sharon!!!!
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Dawn Leslie |
I never would have guessed this was taken indoors. Thanks for the tutorial. Fantastic image and setup!
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Emily Geddes |
thank you so much for this tutorial - really appreciate the time it took for you to set up, label and include details on "how to" Seeing this makes your gallery all the more beautiful.
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Giordano |
Sharon, the pic is really good...and thanks for the explanation and the idea!!! Gio
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