Mike_Wacht

Fall Flowers

Fall Flowers

While going through a personal crisis, I'm trying to focus on the positive and remain creative while learning. I love low-key photography and have been wor...
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While going through a personal crisis, I'm trying to focus on the positive and remain creative while learning. I love low-key photography and have been working with different subjects and lighting angles and modifiers. My daughters made this arrangement, and it was sitting on the TV table, so I put it on my black backdrop. It took me a few different shots to light it in a way that the flash would not bounce off the Ball jar.
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PENTAX 645Z

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Aperture 9/2 ISO 400 Shutter 1/125 Focal Length 75/1

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Oct, 2020

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