Taking advice to use RAW and get in closer, here is a study for your consideration. All taken in Clemson University President's Park, which is full of blooming azaleas, rhododendron, and dogwood. These are compressed jpg for quicker loading. First, sort of a standard photo with nothing special done, using program mode, ISO50.
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Moving in closer, the next is in program and macro mode and Tiffen 812 filter. These blooms are at the bottom left in the previous picture.
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I wanted to blur out some of the background, so I added a 0.6ND filter to allow shooting at f/2.8; this is a little less than half the frame, the bloom on the right in the previous picture. A potential problem here is the amount of white-on-white. The upper right of the bloom would have the background blend right into the foreground if some in-camera control is not exercised, such as a ND to reduce depth of field.
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Occasionally, we get an ordinary picture. The one below was back in program and macro mode with the 812, but the full shade resulted in a sort of flat tone. Instead of giving it a lot of PSP work as a photograph, I posterized it. Don't know how some of the purists might feel about posterizing. I don't do it routinely, but in this case, I think it made an interesting object out of an ordinary one.
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Comments appreciated.
that I have taken with my G1. Comments appreciated.
