Simple and effective. I'm not sure that more depth of field would be an advantage. It wouldn't be nearly as interesting if everything was in sharp focus.
Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I've always been inspired by Paul Caponigro's still life work. > Last > month's issue of LensWork featured a photographer by the name of > Guy > Gagnon, a French Canadian living in Belgium. His photographs are > black and white renderings of dried plants against a black velvet > background. Since it's snowing outside and I didn't really feel > like > getting out, I draped a black sweatshirt over a dining chair, > parked > it next to the window, and took a few frames of this leaf that > recently fell off one of my wife's plants. > > http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/PDMLPESO/photo#5035527265195980162 > > I shot this with the K100D and 18-55 kit lens at 45mm, f11, 0.3 > seconds, -1.5EV, ISO 200, and then tinkered around with it a bit > in > Picasa. I think it needs more depth of field. I think I need a > better understanding of black and white conversion. I know I'm > going > to want that 35mm Macro Limited. > > Comments and critiques most welcome. Thanks for looking. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Click to get free estimate from local deck contractors & remodelers http://tags.bluebottle.com/fc/CAaCMPJooJUESmjDrEXoysxsFYb3MxKe/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
