Liv and Pongo
by Serigrapher

Comment:

Originally posted by onepurplerose: She is an adorable little one!

Thank you. She's my grandbaby. She turned three at the end of November. She's the reason I picked up a camera. I'm convinced I will fill my hard drive with images of this child.

water_drop_5
by Serigrapher

Comment:

Originally posted by onepurplerose: I like the dark green background. Are you bouncing your flash?

I did bounce the flash. The basin is flat black; the bounce card I used is flat black. The results are pretty stark. The color I added as a layer adjustment in Photoshop.

I must say - I'd trade moody dark for the tack sharp results you're getting with faster lenses.

water_drop_1
by Serigrapher

Comment:

Originally posted by onepurplerose: Originally posted by Serigrapher: Originally posted by onepurplerose: I have been working on shooting water drops over the past week. They are a lot of fun. They are kind of fun. Although, I burned up a Speedlite 430ex in the process of capturing this image. I'd like to have faster lenses for this kind of work. What lens are you shooting with? I have been using 100 mm.

This image I shot with a Canon EF 50mm 1.8 II. Exposure metadata looks like this: f/8; 1/160sec; iso 100.

I believe these lenses are known colloquially as the "ninety-niner". You can pick one up for just under a hundred bones. Resonably fast; incredibly cheap. As a portrait lens they offer a fairly nice bokah effect - although it doesn't take much of an expert to see the difference between results of these lenses and those of a really good lens. I guess the good news it that the family members don't see the difference.

I see you shoot with a Nikon. I'm envious. I'm thankful I haven't dropped a ton of dough into high-end Canon lenses. When I upgrade - I'm moving to Nikon. I'm actualy kind of waiting to see what Nikon does to replace the D700. I've heard predictions of late spring / early summer. I guess we'll see.

water_drop_1
by Serigrapher

Comment:

Originally posted by onepurplerose: I have been working on shooting water drops over the past week. They are a lot of fun.

They are kind of fun. Although, I burned up a Speedlite 430ex in the process of capturing this image. I'd like to have faster lenses for this kind of work.