Grass Flowers

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I’ve been working on a small project photographing the grass blossoms that occur on our local prairie, both native and introduced. Since I’m not a grass person, I’ll be having some people who know them do the ID. I quickly realized that photographing them in situ required an absolutely still day-a very rare occurrence, so I decided to bring them indoors. I used a light gray foamboard as background and found that I had to overexpose about a stop to get the light right on the grasses. That led me to try upping the ante to see what they’d look like.

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Pertinent technical details or techniques:

5DIII, EF180 f/3.5 macro, tripod and cable release, f/22, 1/6, iso 1000 (this was overexposed 2 stops from the meter reading on the light gray background). Processed in LR & PS CC. I rotated the image and used content aware crop in PS to reframe it. A small exposure boost in PS.

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This is lovely Dennis. I think the white/light background helps to enhance the delicate grass and the tiny pink “flowers.” IMO, they don’t look overexposed at all. Nicely done.

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Dennis: The largest version is terrific with the little blooms. Nice job on the setup and the final result. >=))>

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Very essential, and beautiful. The light colors of the grass and the flowers are extremely pleasant, and the white background gives a somehow suspended feeling…

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Grasses are usually overlooked as a subject in flora so showing its intricate structure a pleasure. It also has colors that are not normally seen. I also like the high key presentation.