Griff,
What a wonderful red amoena!!! I'll buy it when you introduce
it. Beautiful.
About taking digital pictures...
I am not that great with my digital yet but I do know there is a lot of
potential. I am attaching a picture of Classic Suede (Lauer 99) which
will give you an idea of getting the iris to stand out from the background and
a little look at a velvet texture. See what you think. If I can
get this far I am sure many others know how to progress much farther and be
more successful.
Oh, and I love my camera. It is a Canon PowerShot A95 5.0
mega pixel with a great viewfinder that I can pull out, turn every which way,
etc.
Jan
jgcrump <jgcrump@erols.com> wrote:
Here's a first-time blooming red
amoena. The cross is AURA LIGHT x ROMANTIC EVENING, and a red amoena
was what I was aiming for. There are also two red amoena siblings,
neither as good as this one.
The photo was taken by a friend with
his digital camera after the light meter on my SLR went south. (Strap
came unfastened and camera hit the pavement. I was sure the
meter was zapped, and development of the film confirmed it.) It brings
up the subject of digital photography. With my SLR, this flower
would stand out from the background, and the rich velvet texture of the
falls would not be semi-washed out, as is the case here. One hopes
that there is a way to take such photos with a digital camera, but I
couldn't afford to spend the time to learn at the height of the
bloom season, so have bought a cheap SLR to replace the dropped
one.
The stand-out effect results, I
believe, from my use of a slow exposure -- usually 60 or 125,
even if the day permits faster -- which I prefer because it brings out the
color. Do any of you digital users have advice on how to get the same
effect? (I'll start shopping after bloom season is over.)
-- Griff
zone 7 in
Virginia
