Understanding Close-Up Photography by Bryan Peterson

Author:Bryan Peterson [Peterson, Bryan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8174-0022-4
Publisher: Potter/TenSpeed/Harmony
Published: 2011-01-11T16:00:00+00:00

Some years ago, photographer Dewitt Jones came out with a book entitled What the Road Passes By. It inspired me in many ways, not the least of which was by showing me the riches that one could find in any number of roadside ditches. Whether it be the quiet ditch of a country road or the noisy and sometimes breezy ditch of an interstate highway, I have never been disappointed by the images I’ve made in a ditch with the aid of a macro lens. This is one such example, but it did require the use of a reflector.

With my camera on tripod and set to manual exposure mode, I determined, with the aid of my depth-of-field preview button (see here), that an aperture of f/11 would render the needed sharpness in the subject yet still keep the background in relative obscurity. In addition, my experience with green tones has taught me to set an exposure at -2/3 from what the meter indicates when green is a dominant factor. So, although the meter told me that at f/11 I could record the exposure at 1/200 sec., I chose to shoot it at -2/3, which was 1/320 sec. As you can see in the second image, the subtle backlight created rim light around the edges of the subject. By comparison, with the silver side of my reflector in place I was able to better illuminate the somewhat darker front side of the backlit subject. The exposure was the same in both examples.

Both photos: 200mm macro lens, f/11 for 1/320 sec.

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