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some flowers in your hair.I was out testing the new Nikon D40 and I wanted to check out the macro function. I took some photos of flowers down in Burlingame (south of SF), and I came out with more than I expected. The orange flowers (I have no idea of the name) came out brighter than I ever imagined. I didn't play with saturation in any of the software. The other flowers came out clearer than I thought they would. The macro function seems to work ok.
Eric
posted by Eric at 4:25 PM
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Nice photos, Eric! And I like the title, too.
I find flowers very hard to shoot, and you've done it very well here.
Being (as Sen. McCain often says) old as dirt, I remember this song by Scott McKenzie very well.
From my memories of 1968, this song was one of the very few good things about that year! ;-)
Thx, Steve. The more I look at the photo with the orange flowers, the more I think it needs to be toned down, tho. It looks like I messed with it making the colors more saturated. I guess it's how the software works.
Eric
Great color of the, I think, California Poppey. We use to have those flowers in a field near our house in Half Moon Bay. When the sun came out it was very bright, like your photo.
Thx Dolph. I thought the orange flower was a poppy but I wasn't sure.
I think the orange flowers are poppies, but not California Golden Poppies. And you're right, the first two shots are a bit oversaturated, but the color saturation on third picture looks about right. In that one, you can still see some details in the flower petals.
Nice macros.
--WT
Thx. Yeah, the poppies look over-saturated even tho I didn't touch the photo. Guess that's just how the camera works. If I use this photos for cards, I have to tone it down a little or people are going to go blind.
Eric
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