sydneydavis assignment

17 years ago

Hello,

Not a great shot, but here is the specs.

Canon PowerShot SD500 Digital Elf

SCN (special scene mode)Foliage

Resolution - M2 (Medium 2 2048 X 1536 pixels)

Compression - Normal

Macro @ maximum wide angle setting.

Subject was about 2" away from lense.

No flash, Sun over left shoulder.

Free hand - No tripod.

I'm still learning how to use my camera. This is a good assignment.

Eric

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Comments (6)

sydneydavis
17 years ago
Wow Eric that is cool! Do you know by chance what kind of flower that is?..
Part of what I am trying to learn -aside from EVERYTHING!lol- is the language...Is the cannon a newer model?
Thanks!
eric_wa
Original Author
17 years ago
sydneydavis,

The flower is a Leek flower. My leeks have bolted (gone to seed). My camera is about a year old. It only has a 3X zoom lense. 12X digital zoom. My next camera will have better zoom capability.

Wild carrot

Same settings

http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/c/carwil25.html

Eric

Here is a link that might be useful: Lancelot Leeks
solstice98
17 years ago
I took these with a Canon A85 on the portrait setting. Although they look like I was close, in order to blur the background I took them from several feet away and set the camera at 11x. It's the same orchid, just taken from 2 differnt angles to vary the background.
juanital
17 years ago
Tried Manual settings exclusively yesterday, I haven't touched on that til then...Had it since Dec 2005...
Settings: 1st TN 60S F5
2nd TN 40S F5
Regular 30S F5
REgular 25S F5
Last TN 20S F5
Taken in shade, on the ground
No flash
Exif says 4.7mm away from obect, I'm not sure how much that is, but in inch talk about 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 inches away
Used elbow to help steady camera
Set on Manual Mode with macros on
Camera:FujiFinePix E500 4.1 megapix, 3.2x optical zoom

I think I like the 30s or 25s F5 setting best...I've concluded you must not be in a hurry when use manual settings but I think they would make great focused pictures to print...I've also noticed when I edited any of the higher (lower), don't have the language down yet, kind of reminds of tring to understand algebra, exposures that you could edited them easy enough with gamma, brightness and contrast which looks half way decent...

I did no editing whatsoever on any of them...
sydneydavis
17 years ago
I really like these pictures and thank you all so much. Funny I thought that first 'rose' picture was a real rose until I scrolled down.
Eric what is the red spot on the top of the leek?
Solstice That is the camera I have. I am going to try an image like that...
Thanks again
eric_wa
Original Author
17 years ago
sydneydavis,

Found this on another web site,

Queen Anne's lace
Wild carrot is introduced and naturalised in North America, where it is often known as "Queen Anne's lace". It is so called because the flower resembles lace; the red flower in the center represents a blood droplet where Queen Anne pricked herself with a needle when she was making the lace. The function of the tiny red flower, coloured by anthocyanin, is to attract insects.

Eric