GreggObst.com » Flora http://www.greggobst.com Photography and stuff... Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:36:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Any color you like – Longwood Gardens http://www.greggobst.com/2009/03/26/any-color-you-like-longwood-gardens/ http://www.greggobst.com/2009/03/26/any-color-you-like-longwood-gardens/#comments Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:58:53 +0000 Gregg Obst http://www.greggobst.com/?p=242 Any color you like - Longwood Gardens

I’m not even going to pretend to know what all these plants and flowers are but I really liked the arrangement and the fact that there was some water droplet action going on here in some of the leafy green areas.

I shot this in the indoor conservatory at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA on Monday, 2-16-2009. Processed with Topaz Adjust plugin for Photoshop from a single RAW frame to bring out the wide array of colors.

For more information on Longwood Gardens see their web site at /www.LongwoodGardens.org/

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A very beautiful section of the indoor conservatory at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA. Taken on Monday, 2-16-2009.

For more information on Longwood Gardens see their web site at /www.LongwoodGardens.org/

Processed as a single shot RAW converted HDR with Photomatix Pro.

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One of the many beautiful flowers to be found at the indoor conservatory at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA. Taken on Monday, 2-16-2009.

For more information on visiting Longwood Gardens, visit their web site at this link

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Water droplets form on a leaf in the banana room at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA. Taken on Monday, 2-16-2009.

For more information on visiting Longwood Gardens, visit their web site at this link

]]> http://www.greggobst.com/2009/02/17/moisture-in-the-banana-room/feed/ 0 Mistake # 1. And so the journey begins… http://www.greggobst.com/2009/01/15/mistake-1-and-so-the-journey-begins/ http://www.greggobst.com/2009/01/15/mistake-1-and-so-the-journey-begins/#comments Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:50:20 +0000 Gregg Obst http://www.greggobst.com/?p=74 Mistake # 1. And so the journey begins...

They say when you try something new in photography you only get good at it by making 10,000 mistakes first. Here is my mistake # 1. I’ve never tried to set anything up in a pseduo-studio setting before so I “built” a mini studio setup and mounted a suitable background on a wall, purchased a flower from the local supermarket on the way home from work and tried to take my first flower macro shot. I bought a Canon 500D 77mm closeup diopter filter that screws to the front of my Nikon 70-200mm F2.8 AFS-VRG lens and effectively turns it into a cheap macro alternative lens setup and that’s what I used on this one.

As the weather gets colder and my photography yearnings tend to be for indoor projects, I’m going to try and improve my mini-studio setup and purchase a softbox and some other goodies and try to get this looking a little better with each shot.

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