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Abstract Orbs

© Andrew Laverghetta

Abstract Orbs

Uploaded: September 14, 2005

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Exif: FNumber: 5, ExposureBiasValue: 0/1, ExposureTime: 0.0125, Flash: flash did not fire, ISO: 100, WhiteBalance:

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Kevin Nugent level-classic September 16, 2005

Very nice! Good detail and it looks cool in greyscale! #311795

A C September 16, 2005

This is great! I like this in gray as well. There is good contrast but the whites aren't blown out and there is good detail all around. Bravo! #1847005

Andrew Laverghetta September 16, 2005

Thanks Kevin and Cherylann! This reminds me that I meant to write how I converted this to black and white. I used channel mixer in Photoshop CS, clicked monochrome and adjusted the red, green, and blue levels until I got it to something dark with some nice contrasting whites. Originally, it was the washed out underside of a sugar maple leaf with the water on it. It would have been impossible to make the silvery underside look saturated with color so I gave it a new look in black and white. My darkroom photo class has me really excited about black and white so I'm going to try to take some more black and white film pics like this to frame on my wall.

Thanks again for commenting! #1847027

A C September 16, 2005

Thank you for mentioning your techniques! I like to work in PS CS a lot but I don't work the channel mixer much. The only photography class I've taken was in the darkroom doing black and white images and I've found that digital black and white isn't as impressive as film black and white if you don't know how to use your software well enough.

Enjoy your class! #1847075

November 09, 2005

Great photo Andrew!! Love your black and white pictures. #2055588

Andrew Laverghetta January 17, 2006

Sorry, this is a little late but thanks for the comments! #2298560

April 22, 2006

Hi Andrew, Since I am personally very interested in really close up shots I was wondering what mm lense you use for this type of shot. This picture is really detailed and focused it is great! Every time I try to take shots that close I cannot focus my camera and I know it is because of my lense but I am a beginner and am not sure on what lense I should get for these types of shots. It would be really great if you could share some of your knowledge with me on this matter. #2675337

Andrew Laverghetta April 22, 2006

Thanks for the compliments sidney!

I'll look at my file and see which lens it was. Either way, I believe I cropped it a little bit so it seems like it's closer than it really is.

Ok, found it. That's with my 20D so it's already closer with the 1.6x field of view crop. I used a normal 50mm lens at f/5.0 and 1/80second. ISO was 100. Normally, that wouldn't get me any exceptionally close photos but I used at least one close up filter. That's basically just a magnifying glass that screws on to the front of the lens like a filter. I don't know what kind of camera you're using since you don't have a gallery with photos in it, but you may or may not be able to do this with your camera. Something that has satisfied my close up craving enough for now has been those close up filters. I can never remember the real name of them but they normally come in +1, +2, or +4 strengths, meaning +4 gets you the closest. You can stack them too, but that normally degrades image quality. So, after I took the picture, I edited it and turned it to black and white using photoshop's channel mixer. Thanks for your interest too! #2675399

April 23, 2006

Hey thanks Andrew,
I have a Canon Digital Rebel XT (Digital SLR) with a 18-55mm lense. I have never really thought aboout close up filters but I guess they work because that is a great shot! I am going to try and get some of those and try them out. Thanks again for the help. #2678802

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