Creative Photography
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That is like asking what bike, or what car.
Depends on usage, and will change day to day depending on mood.
Pross
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Those are just on my iPhone
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briantrumpet
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I'm putting this one here, as it was the best I could do with my basic camera at getting the inside of a lizard orchid in focus, the trouble being getting close enough to see inside means the DoF is too limited... it's just a question of what is going to be out of focus, and going for the least-worst.
Ian H
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That's almost obscene.
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briantrumpet
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Ssshhh! This is a family-friendly forum!!
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briantrumpet
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Actually, apparently the lizard orchid has nothing for any beasts that enter the 'lair' (shall we say?). It's a mean trick.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himantoglossum_hircinum#Ecology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himantoglossum_hircinum#Ecology
Way-Out-West
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Hey, thanks for the vote of confidence in the Flowers, Flowers, Flowers thread. I thought the various styles posted here were ticking along nicely. There’ll be less content here now. Flower photography and macros as a whole aren’t particularly popular, so I was thinking of not posting many more myself, however they’ve helped supply content when summer conditions have made landscape/seascape(mountain?) photography difficult (for me at least).
Could you select a narrower aperture for increased DOF? Shutter speed will drop (unless using a higher ISO) so motion blur can become a problem. Focus stacking is the obvious answer, but to be reliably successful, a tripod would probably be needed.
Newer cameras (not mine) often have ‘in camera’ focus stacking making the whole process a lot less faff.
A Celtic cross (with some flowers) in a small nicely overgrown graveyard.
Way-Out-West
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That would look good in a Please be seated thread.😉
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briantrumpet
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Thanks WoW... I could probably try some of those things, but you know I'm Mr Lazy, and kind of like the lottery and failure.
Don't worry, I'll still try to do creative flowers, which I'll post here... as you say, a good go-to when all else fails... colour and shape to play with. But a lot of my flower photos are tat, like my landscape photos, but press the buttons for les fans: little thinking involved in my part, but they bring in a few $s to pay for the next lazy camera.
Jameshow
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Wildlife mainly but close ups and landscapes.
So a good alrounder second hand up to about £100.
Ian H
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Why were the Celts always cross?
Good luck! You'll want something with long reach for wildlife, and macro for close ups. Which will mean a high resolution expensive body, or an expensive lens.
Depends on how good you expect the results to be but you'll want something that has the longest reach without introducing excessive camera shake or noise.
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briantrumpet
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Creative flower. See, I can do non-tat.
