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24-JUN-2009 Rod

5th. Flowers

Backyard Brissie oz

Canon EOS 40D ,Canon EF 70-200 mm f/4L IS USM
1s f/32.0 at 200.0mm iso100 hide exif
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Date/Time24-Jun-2009 11:03:20
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 40D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length200 mm
Exposure Time1.00 sec
Aperturef/32
ISO Equivalent100
Exposure Bias+1 2/3
White Balance
Metering Mode (-1)
JPEG Quality
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ctfchallenge27-Jun-2009 20:23
Thanks sweet Shu, Penny & Tommy:-) I really like your description Penny it makes me like the picy a bit more. I don't think it was my skills Tommy, I think the secret was using the long lens so I didn't have to zoom very much to get a biggish effect. As we get older we tend to find the easiest way to do things a. I just had the camera on a tripod (dirty word) & used the self timer with the zoom on 200mm (300mm plus on a crop camera) & held the tripod with my right hand & my left on the zoom ring so I minimised any movement of the camera/tripod. I watched the reflection of the little self timer light flashing slow on my zoom hand & when it flashed really quick I started the slow zoom just before the shutter opened. The hardest part of this picy was because of watching the flashing self timer light I started to get flashbacks to the 60s:-)
ctfchallenge27-Jun-2009 15:35
You've got the touch for zoom effects or is this a revival of old, well practiced skills? -tv
ctfchallenge27-Jun-2009 15:23
the bw contrast is terrific and the effect is almost like looking through shattered glass. Beautiful. Penny Street
ctfchallenge27-Jun-2009 14:32
Beautiful! (I even like it better than the first!) shu
ctfchallenge27-Jun-2009 07:33
Rod
Thanks rotten Carole, Kiki dearest, Doug & Maarten:-) Kiki thanks for cut & pasting out of the email I sent you about how great this picys is. Although you left out magnificent:-) Anyhow wot would those Peeper girls know about real manly ahrt so bugger off back to the Peeper Carole:-)
Guest 27-Jun-2009 03:27
Oooh! Beautiful light!
ctfchallenge26-Jun-2009 04:02
Excellent Rod. It leaves no doubt that we are looking at art, not camera shake, which kind of seems to be the theme these last couple weeks. -Doug
ctfchallenge25-Jun-2009 23:03
:-D To each their own Kiki dear! :-D CJ
ctfchallenge25-Jun-2009 22:34
Nice? NICE?? This is way beyond nice, this is a "walk toward the light" picture. Perfect merger of repetition, scale, light and effect. To me, this looks like 'the Gospel according to Rod'. Fabulous picture. I didn't want to praise it so much because each time I do that to a pic it seems to land in pending lol. But I can assure you I'll vote for this one. They don't get much better in my book.
-k2
ctfchallenge25-Jun-2009 21:33
Nice flower shot Rod but maybe you need to get out of your yard with, or without, that tripod! :-) CJ
ctfchallenge24-Jun-2009 20:49
Ah I see because this has nice light you didn't think it was one of mine a:-) And don't mention BHs.................ever:-) Yes on the tripod Kiki & wot a pain in the bum that was. Thanks Kiki meluvely:-)
ctfchallenge24-Jun-2009 11:36
One more thing.. the light here is most unusual from you and just wonderful, very attractive. I wouldn't have guessed this was yours. Nice sample of "well blown highlight".
-k2
ctfchallenge24-Jun-2009 10:21
Love this one, and it's certainly not handheld lol.
-k2
ctfchallenge24-Jun-2009 07:03
Rod
Gawd Brent it's bleeding cold outside when it gets a bit dark, wot if I catch the swine flu. Mereana thinks a piggy like me is bound to catch it:-)
ctfchallenge24-Jun-2009 06:23
Time to dig around for that tripod mate ;-) Come on you can do it, I drug mine around in the most dangerous part of town tonight.
~Brent