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Fotografer
27th November 2010, 07:16 PM
Had a very good few days:</p>
<p>Day One:</p>
<p>All shots taken with Canon 400D + sigma 150mm macro + speedlite 580M2 + softbox</p>
<p>a very short stop in a field which had dozens of dragons in it - end of the day as well, just a shame I did not have longer than a few minutes to shoot - could have spent hours there!</p>
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<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3380/3230175932_97c6a05d5d.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p>f13, ISO 200, 1/200sec, handheld</p>
<p>link to larger: <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3380/3230175932_c0118aae07_o.jpg" target="_blank">http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3380/3230175932_c0118aae07_o.jpg</a></p>
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<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3255/3229321585_47d82c56e2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p>
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<p>f13, ISO 200, 1/200sec, handheld</p>
<p>link to larger: <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3255/3229321585_f9d7c8445d_o.jpg" target="_blank">http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3255/3229321585_f9d7c8445d_o.jpg</a></p>
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<p>Day Two:</p>
<p>decided today to switch to a greater depth of field and a smaller aperture- that of f20 - though in the end I think I lost out on sharpness (at full size) more than I really gained in depth of field.</p>
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<p>All shots taken with Canon 400D + sigma 150mm macro + 1.4 teleconverter + speedlite 580M2 + softbox</p>
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<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3363/3229319875_1833a3bbb0.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p>f20, ISO 200, 1/100sec, handheld</p>
<p>link to larger: <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3363/3229319875_2004dd43fe_o.jpg" target="_blank">http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3363/3229319875_2004dd43fe_o.jpg</a></p>
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<p><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3527/3230171598_d923e6f125.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p>
<p>f20, ISO 200, 1/100sec, handheld</p>
<p>link to larger: <a href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3527/3230171598_efb0b7b54d_o.jpg" target="_blank">http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3527/3230171598_efb0b7b54d_o.jpg</a></p>
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<p>now that is one face I would not like to kiss <img src="http://thephotoforum.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif" border="0" alt="" title="Wink" smilieid="35" class="inlineimg" /></p>
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<p>Any comments and crits welcome - thank you <img src="http://thephotoforum.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif" border="0" alt="" title="smile" smilieid="105" class="inlineimg" /></p>
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