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I'm currently testing the Strobeam portable battery pack flash system and used a dried daffodil as a subject. It's lit with one flash head and softbox. I'm using a Sony A57 to test out the flash's 14 frames per second FP mode. So this shot was also taken on the Sony.
It was colour but i though a quick refinement in Lightroom 4 would make it a more interesting image.
The background is a piece of Formica I picked up from B&Q which seems to work well. I added a vignette to darken the corners
| Brand: | Sony |
| Camera: | Sony Alpha A57 |
| Lens: | DT 18-55mm F3.5-5.6 SAM |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 10 Apr 2012 - 4:43 PM |
| Focal Length: | 55mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/5.6 |
| Aperture: | f/13.0 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/100sec |
| Exposure Comp: | 0.0 |
| ISO: | 100 |
| Exposure Mode: | Manual |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | Off, Did not fire |
| Title: | All dried up |
| Username: | 
Pete |
| Uploaded: | 10 Apr 2012 - 5:31 PM |
| Tags: | Daffodil, Flash / lighting, Flowers & plants, Still-life |
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Bg works well Pete but maybe to show this test off better you should have left it as a coloured image as yellows are a so & so to work with under lights,the colour blows so quickly & can look quite insipid with the wrong lighting.
I do like the position in the frame & the light looks ok on the mono version from where I'm sitting.
I like the placement of the daffodil in the frame and that you don't have that stem coming right out of the corner. Would have liked a colour version to work with for mono conversion - I've dabbled in Nik Silver Efex with it, but am not getting anything I like better than this 
Don't know how much yellow was left in the dried bloom, but thought a yellow filter might give the flower itself a bit more punch and brightness in conversion.
Anne
I like both shots but the colour might win by a smidgeon
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