Inspiration: FoundPosted by drfl on June 25th, 2009

Following yesterday’s post, I went out last night to photograph some flowers that are blooming in a nearby field and found one that had gone to seed similar to the one I saw yesterday.  I stopped and spent almost an hour photographing the patterns, contrasts, and small details that were contained within this little piece of nature.

On the technical side of things, something that really helped was the phenomenal high ISO performance of the Canon 5D Mark II.  This photograph was taken at ISO 2000 with a little work from Noise Ninja.  Back in the film days this would have meant high grain and loss of detail, but today’s digital is really pushing what one can do in low light.  Today’s tools are simply amazing.

Technical Details:
Canon 5d Mark II, 50 CM lens + 25 extension tube, f/2.8, 1/60 sec.
Light Variation of Orton Effect