To celebrate Nature Photography Day, I initially was going to Colditz Cove on the Cumberland Plateau. Then I realized that I had plenty of subjects in my own front yard in our wildflower garden. So, about 630am, I proceeded down the steps with a 200 Micro lens, Nikon D4 and my tripod.
At first, I was scouting and taking some rather standard flower shots.
Then I started framing different color flowers in the background for some contrast interest (I also shot some verticals after I shot the horizontals).
Then I played with Focus stacking.. I really liked the bud in front of the bloom.
After an aborted attempt to get a bumblebee in focus in flight ( I didn’t have my flash with me when he flew by), I was about to call it quits. I wasn’t satisfied with what I had shot so far. Just ho hum. Then I stood there looking at the flowers and wondered about using my multiple exposure techniques.
I decided to using the Multiple Exposure Monet technique because the flowers and the garden seemed to be calling out for that type of expression.
I also played with broader strokes of my Monet brush while making the image.
I had a great time and while I was downloading the images from my Nikon D4, I picked up my iPhone and went back out.
First I shot this image.
Then I opened it in ProHDR app on the iPhone and converted it to a sketch>
Then I Imported both to Lightroom and opened them up in Photoshop CS6 as Layers then used a Layer Mask and Opacity to paint in the color of the flower on the sketch. I think it’s cool that you can even see the little ant with the iPhone image.
I hope each one of you enjoyed your shooting during Nature Photography Day. If you haven’t, there is still time. June 15 doesn’t end until midnight!
My Nature Photography Day Shoot
To celebrate Nature Photography Day, I initially was going to Colditz Cove on the Cumberland Plateau. Then I realized that I had plenty of subjects in my own front yard in our wildflower garden. So, about 630am, I proceeded down the steps with a 200 Micro lens, Nikon D4 and my tripod.
At first, I was scouting and taking some rather standard flower shots.
Then I started framing different color flowers in the background for some contrast interest (I also shot some verticals after I shot the horizontals).
Then I played with Focus stacking.. I really liked the bud in front of the bloom.
After an aborted attempt to get a bumblebee in focus in flight ( I didn’t have my flash with me when he flew by), I was about to call it quits. I wasn’t satisfied with what I had shot so far. Just ho hum. Then I stood there looking at the flowers and wondered about using my multiple exposure techniques.
I decided to using the Multiple Exposure Monet technique because the flowers and the garden seemed to be calling out for that type of expression.
I also played with broader strokes of my Monet brush while making the image.
I had a great time and while I was downloading the images from my Nikon D4, I picked up my iPhone and went back out.
First I shot this image.
Then I opened it in ProHDR app on the iPhone and converted it to a sketch>
Then I Imported both to Lightroom and opened them up in Photoshop CS6 as Layers then used a Layer Mask and Opacity to paint in the color of the flower on the sketch. I think it’s cool that you can even see the little ant with the iPhone image.
I hope each one of you enjoyed your shooting during Nature Photography Day. If you haven’t, there is still time. June 15 doesn’t end until midnight!
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