Tomorrow's flowers today

Gary W Brown · Post by **Gary W Brown** » Sat Sep 13, 2008 7:48 pm

Spring has sprung, fall has fell.
Some in the garden are still looking well.

Gary

augusthouse · Post by **augusthouse** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 4:52 pm

Gary,

Sunlight can be harsh and diffusion would help in a situation such as this. A white umbrella or some translucent material would take the edge off the direct sunlight.

Craig

nto · Post by **nto** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 5:27 pm

Gary, the second photo and very beautiful, both in composition and dof, good shot!!

Gary W Brown · Post by **Gary W Brown** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 7:27 pm

augusthouse and nto,

Thanks for the comments. I'll make a diffuser and try again tomorrow, sunshine permitting.

Gary

Harold Gough · Post by **Harold Gough** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:06 pm

For such circumstances I sometimes use a reflector to provide fill-in light, or, more often, a diffuser. The latter reduces the exposure and can lose DOF in hand-held shots, where decreasing the shutter speed is impractical. For film, a skylight filter should be used when using the diffuser.

For both I use Lastolite folding types, available in various sizes and, for reflectors, gold, silver or white. There may be other makes available.

Harold