FLOWERS! (even if you don't like flowers you might like these)

[Fred Doane]

So here are a bunch of shots from Memorial Day weekend. Sorry there are so many but I couldn't narrow them down. These were taken from a local botanical garden. Lighting was from an overcast day, hand held, and all shot in RAW and converted in CS4 to JPEG.


1Ds Mark III, 24-105mm F4 L IS, AV Mode,@ 105mm, F8, 1/320, ISO 400, IS: OFF[img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.25.52.Flowers/5R8B4783.jpg[/img]


1Ds Mark III, 24-105mm F4 L IS, AV Mode,@ 105mm, F16, 1/250, ISO 800, IS:Off[img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.25.52.Flowers/5R8B4810.jpg[/img]


1Ds Mark III, 24-105mm F4 L IS, AV Mode,@ 105mm, F8, 1/80, ISO 800, IS:On[img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.25.52.Flowers/5R8B4871.jpg[/img]


1Ds Mark III, 24-105mm F4 L IS, AV Mode,@ 105mm, F11, 1/320, ISO 800, IS:Off[img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.25.52.Flowers/5R8B4905.jpg[/img]


1Ds Mark III, 24-105mm F4 L IS, AV Mode,@ 105mm, F11, 1/80, ISO 800, IS:On[img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.25.52.Flowers/5R8B4916.jpg[/img]


1Ds Mark III, 24-105mm F4 L IS, AV Mode,@ 105mm, F8, 1/100, ISO 800, IS:On[img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.25.52.Flowers/5R8B4950.jpg[/img]


1Ds Mark III, 24-105mm F4 L IS, AV Mode,@ 105mm, F16, 1/100, ISO 200, IS:On[img]/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.25.52.Flowers/5R8B4967.jpg[/img]


Any feedback is welcome


Fred~

[quattrophinia]

Tack Sharp Fred...


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[Rodger]

My favorite is the third one down. All of them are flat out amazing, but I like the simplicity and the colors and the depth of field in the third one.

[alexniedra]

Well done, Fred!


Number 4 is my favorite - The focal point is well chosen, the colours are lovely, and the amount of detail is simply stunning.


Thumbs up!

[MrGreenBug]

They're wonderful! Love the colors! Overcast -- nice day to take flower photos! Well done. []

[Colin]

Once more, I think to myself, "Man, I'd like to be able to do THAT!"

[Oren]

Yeah, #4 is my favorite as well []

[Fred Doane]

Thanks for all the comments, they are greatly appreciated.


Fred~

[Benjamin]

Well done! Those are beautiful flowers!


Just one thing though, would you be considering to slow down the shutter and use lower ISOs? Are those shots done with a tripod already? I may use lower ISO to yield slightly better image purity when hand shaking is not a problem. May be there was wind and the flowers were moving, I don't know. ISO 800 and ISO100 makes a difference IQ wise as I can see.


But still, GREAT IMAGES![]

[Fred Doane]

Benjamin,


Thanks for your compliments. Yes ISO 100 would be an improvement over ISO 800 or any other ISO for that matter. It was an overcast day and i was shooting between f8 and f16 so there wasn't a lot of light to work with. I was lowering the ISO whenever the sun peaked out (which wasn't often). Tripods unfortunately weren't allowed after 12 which would have let me have more keepers. I'm sure they would have had a fit if I pulled out the Plamp to steady the flowers from the wind which was an issue. So I figured it was better to shoot at 800 and get crisp shots then to shoot noiseless shots at 100 that were blurry. If you look at Brians 1DsMarkIII link noise is very well controlled in the 100% crop sample even up to ISO 800.


I didn't use any noise removal on these small web samples to preserve the fine detail of the flowers and I don't see any visible noise. On the 16X20 prints I plan on making I will use a minimum amount of noise removal. I will try and post a 100% crop of one of the images later tonight to see the low noise level. The 1Ds Mark III is a phenominal camera and worth every cent.