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Flower stack
« on: July 22, 2016, 20:29:31 »
No, but not really. These have not been focus stacked or otherwise. They're a stack of clichés: spray flower with water, then reverse the lens, then free lens it (except the 3rd one). Please let me know how you think they turned out.
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Re: Flower stack
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2016, 20:45:01 »
I like the third one.
The first two are blurry which I would like but not the first two for some strange reason... probably lack of proper creamy bokeh...
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Re: Flower stack
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2016, 21:35:06 »
I like the third one.
The first two are blurry which I would like but not the first two for some strange reason... probably lack of proper creamy bokeh...

Thanks a lot Jakov, i appreciate the comments. I was goofing around reversing lenses, bare on the camera, as well as against other lenses. The third one is a "proper" one, with the Siggy 150 from a tripod.
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Re: Flower stack
« Reply #3 on: July 22, 2016, 21:39:26 »
Agree with Jakov.  The third is very special.

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Re: Flower stack
« Reply #4 on: July 22, 2016, 21:42:46 »
Agree with Jakov.  The third is very special.

Thanks John, i appreciate your comment.
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Re: Flower stack
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2016, 07:17:39 »
yup 3 for me 2  ;)
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Re: Flower stack
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2016, 13:10:10 »
yup 3 for me 2  ;)

 ;D ;D ;D

Thanks Elsa, i appreciate you looking and commenting. It seems that my free lensing exercise didn't work out as well this time. No worries, i keep on trying.
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Re: Flower stack
« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2016, 17:21:54 »
;D ;D ;D

Thanks Elsa, i appreciate you looking and commenting. It seems that my free lensing exercise didn't work out as well this time. No worries, i keep on trying.

nothing like a bunch of other people to tell you that your efforts are not appreciated  ;D ;D sorry :)
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Re: Flower stack
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2016, 18:11:04 »
nothing like a bunch of other people to tell you that your efforts are not appreciated  ;D ;D sorry :)

No worries Elsa, you know pretty well how it works. I am looking for critique here and got some good feedback. I do appreciate that.

I'll keep on trying, for me the fun of photography is in the trying. If i were able to do it all "perfectly" already, where's the fun in that?
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Re: Flower stack
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2016, 18:13:35 »
No worries Elsa, you know pretty well how it works. I am looking for critique here and got some good feedback. I do appreciate that.

I'll keep on trying, for me the fun of photography is in the trying. If i were able to do it all "perfectly" already, where's the fun in that?

Absolutely - which is why I keep shooting the same thing over and over and over again - hoping for something better or that i can learn to do it better.
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Re: Flower stack
« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2016, 05:10:30 »
#3++
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Re: Flower stack
« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2016, 07:34:18 »
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