This Bud’s for you!

[Will Thompson]

 

[Asher Kelman]

Thanks so much for this series of buds from your garden! pity they can’t play musical instruments or you could have a colorful band!

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A beautiful flower. Now please take one of your superb Canon Professional Cameras and capture this bloom so it can be printed. This is worth the effort one puts into a model, at the least!

Asher

 

[Will Thompson]

 

[Asher Kelman]

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So Will,

What are the technical details of this nice shot?

Asher

 

[Will Thompson]

Are you sure you want to know???

 

[Asher Kelman]

I would be happy with the answer!

 

[Will Thompson]

iPhone 6 cropped.

 

[Asher Kelman]

iPhone 6 cropped.

Damn good camera. But you are the king of Canon gear in the USA! Let’s get to work! You have the perfect buds and the best gear one could hope for!

Just change the angle to have all green as the b.g. And this will make a fabulous print! I would want one!

Asher

 

[Will Thompson]

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Damn good camera. But you are the king of Canon gear in the USA! Let’s get to work! You have the perfect buds and the best gear one could hope for!

Just change the angle to have all green as the b.g. And this will make a fabulous print! I would want one!

Asher

It is not the weapon but the soldier that weilds it!

 

[Asher Kelman]

I adore the pics.

Nicolas Claris made me realize that “iPhone fabulous” is not necessarily as fine as we can achieve.

I am thinking, however of the very best exhibition prints. Not everyone has the blooms, lights and cameras for high end finished work as we do!

Asher

 

[Jim Olson]

I get some great shots with my smartphone (Google Pixel 3) & it has a 12 MP camera. And it's ALWAYS with me.

 

[Will Thompson]

EOS 5DMK4 EF 50mm f2.5 macro @ around f8 250th ISO 800 or f5.6 200th ISO 200

 

[Will Thompson]

Same as above.

 

[Will Thompson]

Same as above

 

[Asher Kelman]

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Will,

I so appreciate your move to make pictures that will last. You caught this one with perfect fresh petals and 4 emerging buds. What a signal for our renewal.

I know your mind is set for fabulous portraits, but we now need to think outside of the box...

.....as due to Covid-19, there is no box!

Thanks!

Asher

 

[Will Thompson]

You’ve got that backwards, we are now in a box!

 

[Jim Olson]

Those shots are gorgeous

 

[Will Thompson]

Another ten!

 

[Asher Kelman]

Will,

Congratulations on leveraging your premium camera gear. I know flowers are not models. You are at home shooting the latter, for sure.

But your many shots above contain a few I find remarkable.

I know you have trouble going form even scores to just a few!

But I am appreciative that you are moving in this direction, one of the benefits of being locked nearer home for art photography!

Asher

 

[Asher Kelman]

Will,

This picture I find striking.

But I wondered about the leaf on the lower left being cut off and the framing in general.

Of course I don’t have the entire picture. Still I have adjusted, (with your prior generous permission to do so, 🙏), to put the image more to my satisfaction by the rule of thirds, as it seems to apply well here.

But this is merely my likes and of course take that with a pinch of salt!

 

[Asher Kelman]

Let me single out another that made itself noticeable!

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The asymmetry of the plane of focus make this lovely bud jump out!

Asher

 

[Will Thompson]

The last of it’s litter!

 

[Asher Kelman]

The last of it’s litter!

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You had enough petals to make wine!

Asher