robertarmstrong_2615

Bearded Iris

Canon EOS 10D

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Aperture f/4.5 ISO 400 Shutter 1/350

upload_date

Mar, 2014

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People's Choice in DRIPPINGFLOWERS Photo Challenge

People's Choice in Lovely Flower and leaf with water drops Photo Challenge

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Absolutely breathe taking shot - Voted for you, Good luck. It's a winner in book

Exceptional capture. Exquisite clarity and the tonality throughout is gorgeous. Keep on shooting.

Outstanding!!! Voted Image of the Year!!

Love this...voted..k

Absolute beauty Robert ...voted in water drops comp.k

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Congratulations on being the Peoples choice of the dripping flowers photo challenge. 😀😀😀

Ultimate

Beautiful! Cheers to your people's choice challenge award!

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken in our back garden. We have many irises of many colours. When they are out I practice taking shots, varying the angle, the f/stop and all other settings, trying to get that perfect shot.

Time

The photo was taken in the late afternoon, on a heavily clouded day.

Lighting

As it had been raining for most of the day I didn't think I was going to be able to get any decent shots, but I cranked up the ISO to 400 which enabled me to get the shutter speed to 1/350 sec. Focal length was 175mm and f/4.5 and no exposure bias.

Equipment

I just used my old Canon 10D and a Sigma 28-300mm lens. It was a hand held photo.

Inspiration

I have always loved rain drops on flowers and leaves and it really makes it when you like the flower as well. Irises always put on such a good show.

Editing

No post processing at all. I took it as a raw photo and this is how It came out of the camera when converted to a JPG.

In my camera bag

Since buying my new Canon 60D, I always have a Canon 18-200 , a Sigma 10-20mm and a Tamron 150-600mm lenses. I also a Canon Extender, just in case I need to take a close up. Although with the Tamron lens I can usually get quite a good close up from quite a distance away.

Feedback

Luck plays a big part in photos like this. Having the rain and enough light and very little wind to get a fast enough shot that's not going to blur. Basically just go out side every time it has stopped raining and try to get a shot. You may be surprised with what you end up and don't be scared to try different angles to the norm and play around with the settings as well.

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