Brian Leng &'s posts with tag: nature
|  | One afternoon in the Huntington Gardens in Pasadena California. Photos by Keith Skelton |
| | We has a great workshop to Death Valley March 8th. We visited Dante's View, Zabriskie Point (where there were dozens of photographers!), Ubehebe Crater, Scotty"s Castle, Mesquite Flat Dunes, Titus Canyon, Rhyolite, and Artist's Palette. The weather was great for photography. Here are a few of Keith Skelton's photos. All photos were taken with a Nikon D2X, 12-24mm, 17-55mm, 70-200mm, 300mm. and a Panasonic LX2. Photos processed in Adobe Lightroom and Camera RAW. Check out the Panorama stitch.
Keep an eye out for upcoming workshops to Bodie Ghost Town and Monument Valley Arizona. |
We had a great workshop over the weekend. Here a short video of some of the action. Alabama Hills Workshops2.mov (25.9 MB)
| Start: | Oct 20, '07 12:00p | | End: | Oct 21, '07 | | Location: | The Alabama Hills - Eastern Side Of The Sierra Nevada Range |
Join Keith Skelton and Brian Leng on The Alabama Hills photo destination this coming October. The Eastern Sierra Nevada Range is a great destination especially in the Fall... "When the light is right" ! Stay tune for more information on this up coming event.
Flower photography requires lens that have a macro setting. Like a macro zoom lens about a 55-100mm zoom lens. Other equipment would be diopters & bellows which are less expensive then a macro lens. Reflector, diffusers, trash bags, cloths pins, black cloth, tripod, bean bag.
Most important is the time of day and the quality of the light (quality=soft light). Best times are early morning for warm soft light or overcast days. You will want to have a day where there is no wind or very little wind. Late afternoon light is also a good time, just before the sunsets. Use aperture to control what is in focus and what is out of focus. Find the center of interest and use the "Rules of Thirds". Use the tripod or bean bag to support the camera. Turn focusing ring to the closest focus and move your body in and out until the area that you want in focus is sharp.
Side lighting, back lighting, for a three-dimensional effect. Hunt for the perfect flower in the perfect light. Use the white trash bag or foil to bounce the light into the shadow side of the flower. The black cloth can be used to give a completely black background. The main thing you want to keep in mind is how to eliminate visual distractions. Shallow depth of field, black cloth, shade from another part of the plant.
Photographing plants are fun to photograph and wonderful because... there are no two flowers that are the alike ! Uniquely different, like people ! "Good luck and good hunting".
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