I got a shot of this lovely yellow trumpet bush flower in our garden, after a short rain late this afternoon. The actual diameter of the blossom is about 1 inch.
It was shot from a tripod in available light with an EOS 40D camera, through a 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM lens (plus a 500D close-up lens) set at 145 mm (232 mm equivalent), f/2.8, 1/50 sec, and ISO 100 in aperture priority mode at an Ev of - 1/3 stop. Cropping, tonal adjustments, selective lightening, and selective sharpening were done in post processing, using CS4.
The background is a black cloth vest hung from a coat hanger on a small flash stand about a foot behind the flower.
-CGTTL
Posts
