The jones was too great

[Cactuspic]

I know. There are million of creepy crawlies to take, but I was jonesing for one of my greenhouse specials.:)

Irwin

[racketman]

Good to specialise, chance to become vg. I like #2 very much, #1 maybe lacks a bit of contrast - lighting might be too uniform?

[LordV]

Like both shots :)
Haven't heard of the verb "to Jones" before?
Brian V.

[Cactuspic]

Thanks Brian & RM. Having a jones is American slang for having an addiction. Sometimes I like to stretch language a smidge.


Irwin

[photobitz]

That's a nice looking orchid! I wish I could get mine to flower like that!

Nice shots. You should try the first one in greyscale too ;)

[Bald Eagle]

Excellent captures . Really makes me wish we had some of the Gardens here in S Dakota that we had in Fl. :D Hopefully Spring will arrive here soon.:D

[Cactuspic]

Thanks Dan and Bald Eagle :)

Irwin

[canonloader]

I really like #2. It looks like a good subject for some HDR. Have you ever tried it on a flower? Does some really nice things with the light they put out. ;)

[Cactuspic]

I really like #2. It looks like a good subject for some HDR. Have you ever tried it on a flower? Does some really nice things with the light they put out. ;)

Thanks Canonloader. I hate to flash my ignorence (I am pretty new to this forum) but what is HDR and what type of light does it put out?

Irwin

[canonloader]

Irwin, HDR stand for High Dynamic Range. Your camera can capture light the eye either can't see or ignores. The process is simple really. You take 3 images, or 5 or more, using EV compensation on all of them. Say start at -1ev, then one at 0, then another at +1ev. Then bring all three into Photomatix, set some parameters in the program and generate the image. It's hard to describe, but here's the link (http://www.hdrsoft.com/) for the software, check out some of the images and other links.

I have the program, but haven't done a lot with it recently. It seems most people use it for landscapes, but I tried it on a hibiscus flower last summer and was quite surprised by what I got, then I haven't done any since, but it's on my agenda. Here's a regular and an HDR pass of the same flower. I think you can see why I said your flower might give some neat results. ;)

http://www.freeassociationblog.com/potn/test/34b.jpg

http://www.freeassociationblog.com/potn/test/34a.jpg

[Cactuspic]

Great info canonloader and thank you for the suggestion. HDR seems like a very powerful tool. I will definitly have to look into and play with it. Thanks again.

Irwin