Day Lilies

[alhull]

I was inspired by the beautiful flower pix posted by Mike4AU the other day.

Here's some day lilies in my garden. These are just grab shots - all handheld.
I'm using a Konica-Minolta Maxxum 5D DSLR with it's standard 18-70 zoom lens.
I set the camera for aperture priority and set it wide open. I snuck in the rose bud at the last minute.

[Mike4AU]

Nice job, Al! Looks like you were shooting while the sun was blaring down on you. Keep posting!

Mike

[chessman]

Awesome!

[alhull]

Nice job, Al! Looks like you were shooting while the sun was blaring down on you. Keep posting!

Mike

Those were taken in bright sunlight at about 5:30pm here in Michigan. Definitely not a high sun (well past the zenith).

When you take your awesome flower shots, do you shoot handheld, or use a tripod? How do you get the black background?

[Mike4AU]

The 3 flower shots I posted the other day were all handheld. I prefer to use a tripod, but don't sometimes....just depends.

Most of the black backgrounds are with black velvet draped over poster board. There are times when I use a flash to freeze a subject and often that will result in a black background, depending on the flash setting.

Day in and day out, the best shots will come by using a tripod.

Keep posting!