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Ramsons

Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 12:06 pm
by Marcell Nikolausz
There is a bloom of ramsons (wild garlic (Allium ursinum)) in the forest in Leipzig. I've tried some creative lighting to capture a better macro:

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I also tried some extreme wide angle (fisheye lens on aps-c, a100):
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I shoot some sweep panorama with the sel 50mmf1.8 on my nex-5, which resulted in interesting super shallow DOF picture:

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I hope you like them

Cheers

Marcell

Re: Ramsons

Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 1:26 pm
by mark111
Beautiful shots Marcell, i like the colours in the second with the blue sky, well done

Re: Ramsons

Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 3:37 pm
by sury
Excellent shots Marcell. I loved the pano a lot. I see the light fall off in concentric circle from the middle in the macro.
So what is the creative technique you have used? Only if you want to share. :)

With best regards,
Sury

Re: Ramsons

Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 5:14 pm
by Birma
Lovely Ramson shots Marcell. I like them them all but the first is a stunner :) I bet there was a healthy hunger inducing smell while taking those shots!

Re: Ramsons

Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 7:24 pm
by Marcell Nikolausz
I used this home-made flash adapter:
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With this rim light adapter I can illuminate the flowers from the sides only with a thin layer of light. Hence the steep gradient of light from the middle.
A standard ring flash (light) would have lit also the leaves in the background. The rim lighting brings out the details much better.

Re: Ramsons

Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 7:28 pm
by Marcell Nikolausz
Birma wrote:Lovely Ramson shots Marcell. I like them them all but the first is a stunner :) I bet there was a healthy hunger inducing smell while taking those shots!
Yep, the whole forest was full with the smell. Actually I like it a lot, but my wife hates it.
Some people make pesto from the leaves (before the blossom).

Re: Ramsons

Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 9:17 pm
by Dr. Harout
I'm in love with the first shot. :shock:

Re: Ramsons

Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 4:14 am
by Greg Beetham
Me too on the first shot, great stuff.
Greg