Activity for User 385 - Alan Kiecker - alankiecker@charter.net

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49 May 20 Comment I basically like the high key photo, except it might just a tad too "high". I'd prefer a bit more detail of the subject.

Excellent composition.		 May 31st
49 May 20 Reply I think Fred and Cora should go into business together :-) May 31st
49 May 20 Comment I am beginning to get the impression that we are all taking this opportunity to experiment with our photography :-)

The shadows do not bother me - they add a natural look to the photo.

Wonderful colors!		 May 31st
49 May 20 Comment When I was reading your description and you said you had included the original, I took a look. WOW! I could not believe that boring photo turned into something that so grabbed my attention. Excellent work! Have a good time experimenting with other photos. May 31st
49 May 20 Comment Graham - I can't add a thing to what already has been said. Very nice! May 31st
49 May 20 Comment Very nice concept. And I agree with Graham … make some greeting cards :-)

As to out of focus … you might want to look into the focus stacking technique. This is what I have been experimenting with.

As to the colors … I like bold bright colors, so the seeds look just fine to me :-)_		 May 31st
49 May 20 Reply At the time I took the photos, the plants were about six inches tall. Camera was on a bean bag maybe little over a foot from the plants.

This was the first time I had tried doing anything like this but it got me started experimenting. I set up a little macro studio using xenon lights from my garage as a light source. Subjects were small things I found around the house. I connected my tablet to the camera and tried various software packages to control the camera (digicamcontrol, Helicon Remote) and to process the image stacks (Helicon Focus, Photoshop, Zerene Stacker). Thanks to Shiv Verma for a PSA webinar on macro photography. 		May 31st
49 May 20 Reply Larry - Thank you for the long response! You gave me much to consider. And yes, one of my problems is being excited about the subject and forgetting the background. This is definitely something that I have to work on :-) May 19th
49 May 20 Reply How do I go about doing that? Stand up some sort of backdrop behind the plant? May 18th
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