Re: close up flower shots

From: Jeffery Atkins <merstudio_at_domain.name.suppressed>
Date: Fri 12 Jul 2002 - 08:44:04 PDT

pin_tim@hotmail.com wrote:

>
> Camera was an old Nikon F3 with a pie tin pinhole body cap. I used Fuji
> Velvia and added 2 stops to what the cameras ttl meter read. There is
> just enough light coming through to allow some limited framing through
> the viewfinder but then you need to close it off before exposure. I
> took the shots in the garden just before sunset and taped the lilly's
> stem to a stake before exposure to stop it moving.
>
> Thanks for the comments,
> Tim

Thanks for the info.
Just when I start to think it's a far more elaborate studio shot,
simplicity rules the day.

Jeff
Received on Fri Jul 12 08:43:56 2002

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