David's Project 365

[Mike Farley]

After moving furniture around in the bedroom I found a leaf from a bunch of flowers that must have fallen behind the chest of drawers. Ideal photo fodder

It seemed to suit high contrast monochrome particularly well, letting you focus on the intricate detail.

First time I have heard of someone turning over an old leaf .......

Good pattern shot.

[Paul Heester]

Fantastic image, love the diagonal composition. Looks like it was taken under a microscope, maybe I will keep some old flowers in the shed and see how they fair after a few months

[davidc]

Not much time for photography yesterday so I plucked an idea from my little black book.

Any ideas what it is?



http://500px.com/photo/25433333

[davidc]

This wasn't the shot I had planned for tonight, I was originally aiming to do a high key body shot maybe holding the AE-1. That's back in the book to do another day.

Definitely enjoyed using and loved the effect my softbox gives - that's the main source to the left - and combined it with the shoot through umbrella. Once I started playing with my coloured gels the plan went out the window Went for something darker and moodier to cap off a crappy week at work.

Strobist - YN560II left @1/8th power through a softbox, blue gel. YN460 right, red gel through umbrella



http://500px.com/photo/25435241

[davidc]

It's 11th my anniversary today so the theme kinda went without saying
It was actually really challenging getting the lighting right in this one so I used a novelty light-changing LED lamp in the background and bounced flash off a piece of white card to light the book pages.



http://500px.com/photo/25485241

[davidc]

I spent this afternoon learning the basics of water drop photography. I can now report it's in equal measures frustrating, messy and FUN

I planned to do this at a weekend because I assumed it would take a while to set up the shot, tweak settings and take a lot of trial and error. And I wasn't wrong! Today I've taken 1792 shots.... nearly two thousand! And out of this, I have kept exactly 10, three of which I like enough to post online!

Now I'm looking at electronically controlled infra red triggering system for future efforts

Strobist - YN 590II right at 1/32 pointed at the background, less than 10cm from the drop. YN460 left at 1/32 pointed at the background also.


Splash! - 41/365 by cedarsphoto, on Flickr

http://500px.com/photo/25603825

[Rose]

LOL.. you have far too much time on your hahnds David ! Seriously, you are learning in leaps and bounds and producing some cracking shoys - well done.

[davidc]

LOL.. you have far too much time on your hahnds David !

Haha it definitely doesn't feel like it, especially when I spend most of the day thinking about what shot to take, start panicking on the train on the way home from work, get in/sort dinner out and still don't have a clear idea.... Sometimes I'm surprised I make it at all to be honest!

Seriously, you are learning in leaps and bounds and producing some cracking shoys - well done.

Thanks

[Mike Farley]

Excellent. I also have a splash shot on my "to do" list, but a recent review of a triggering device in Amateur Photographer suggested that getting everything right is not straightforward. Thanks for confirming my suspicions.

[davidc]

I think I'll go for a triggering setup later in the year but found a simple "plastic bag filled with water" served my needs admirably. I wasted over an hour trying to manually drop water into the same consistent spot based on another online setup guide... didn't work at all.

I've seen the electronically controlled multi-drop setup kits and though they look like fun, right now I don't want to spend that much and think I can achieve more use a slightly more modest arrangement.

I'm planning on doing it again soon and will post a "how to" setup guide as well. This one was very rough/ready.