b/w (yellow)allium2
posted by Sandy at 5:40 PM
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
About Me
- Name: Sandy
- Location: West Coast, Canada
I've started this blog to keep a journal and pictures of my gardens journey. I love to garden and recently have taken up photography. I am by no means a horticulture smartypants and take a casual approach to gardening. Most of my pictures are taken in my garden as I tend to be a homebody. Thanks for stopping by! Click on pictures for a larger image. All pictures on this site are the property of myself and are not to be used without permission. Please feel free to critique my pictures. Lots to learn:). Camera stuff-Nikon D70S with various lenses including a lensbabies 2.0 with macro kit,a holga and a Diana camera. Nikon FM, Yashica Mat G-124, Canon Canonet QL17
Previous Posts
- Red Tomatoes
- B/W Chives
- Japanese Maple
- New Bud
- B/W (yellow allium)1
- Done
- Old Jake
- Chives
- You looking at me?
- Dandelion 4
8 Comments:
Gorgeous sets of B&W shots. I've really enjoyed seeing this series.
I've added you to my list of links on my blog. Hope that's OK.
Cheers!
Absolutely gorgeous -- thanks for posting this!
Genie
The Inadvertent Gardener
Still lovin' these b&w's!! This is one of the best. Those tomatoes look fantastic, too.
Thank you Dave for the link. I've done the same for you:)
Sandy,
How are you getting your backgrounds so dark? If you don't mind my asking, what' your shutter speed? Is it just a matter of shooting a bright flower aginst a shady background? I wondered on the first one and then thought you had cut it and set it aginst a black backdrop, but in this one I can see the other parts(barely) farther back.
As to my slacking, I pinched a nerve in my back a couple of days ago and havn't been able to do much but hobble and groan...
Tami-You poor thing! Ouch! As for the pic-It was shot at 1 1/3 sec at F11. It is a tall flower with short flowers in a vase. It is taken in front of a mirror. When I converted it to b/w the background looked black. In alot of my shots though I cut the flower and shoot it against a black scarf set up in front of a window. This day a very rainy and dark. I'll do this kind of shooting when it is too yukky to go outside. I can spend hours doing it:)
Thanks for the info Sandy. That balck backdrop is a technique that I love with balck and white, maybe this afternoon I will feel up to experimenting.
I tried converting some of my photos to b&w or grayscale and they don't look like yours! I guess you really have to be aware of lighting and contrast. Even if as you say you convert the color photos to b&w you must have an innate sense of composition and light to come up with the beautiful pictures you've displayed. I'm envious.
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