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Ed Knepley | all galleries >> Photo a Day (PAD) since 5/04 >> nov_09_pad > 11/24/09 - The 4th Day of Christmas (Cactuses)
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24-NOV-2009

11/24/09 - The 4th Day of Christmas (Cactuses)

First of all - this is from the camera and not via Photoshop. It uses a technique I call shoot-through. For a shoot-through something is close to the lens (often touching as in this case) between the lens and the subject. The camera is focused on the subject and with a fairly wide open lens (depending on the distances involved) the intervening object takes on the appearance of a colored mist. In this case there were red blossoms and green leaves close to (and against) the lens face and the subject flower was a foot or so away (shot with a 105 mm 1:1 macro lens). The arty frame was included to add to the overall arty effect.

Nikon D300
1/2s f/4.0 at 105.0mm iso200 full exif

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Cindie Wolf28-Nov-2009 00:49
great shot and technique
waterfalls man25-Nov-2009 03:14
Beautiful Macro V !
Herb 25-Nov-2009 01:24
Very nice macro