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If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, chances are you will be surrounded by daffodils. I'd like to see your BEST - definitive - daffodil picture please. It can be a 'crowd' shot or an individual bulb, or a small group of bulbs. Any camera. Just ONE condition applies: It has to be taken outside, in natural light (so no indoor foam-core). If you can show EXIF data too, that would be very useful.

Thank you. Here's my effort:

"The Three Sisters" Sunday 8th April, 2006.



Olympus E-500, 1/640s f/14.0 at 40.0mm iso400

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A double-daffodil from central Mississippi.



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I dont know whether its a daffodil, but it looks close enough. Maybe you guys can tell me what it is?

 
Not my best but I have to run out the door right now. It's top ten for sure of my daffodil photos.

 
Photophile,

That daffodil photo of yours sure is a winner. Lots of sharp detail from front to back, perfectly exposed. Probably more highlights are blown in daffodil photos than in any other subject -- not in your photo tho.

Interesting how difficult it is to admit a photo is your BEST of any particular kind. One of your best, OK; but BEST is risky.

I'm happy to say I avoid taking photos of daffodils. But if I ever did take one, it would be my best, de facto. As I was writing this post, I went out the door to take a look at my neighbor's daffodils, thinking of taking the plunge. But they were a bit over the hill, and I just couldn't do it. Maybe next year.
photophile said:
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, chances are you will be
surrounded by daffodils. I'd like to see your BEST - definitive -
daffodil picture please.
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Superb effort Neil - Interesting use of DOF there and I like the yellow border to match! Not that easy getting that yellow just right is it ?

PS - there is no such thing as the "best" daffodil picture - its something that you keep going after, year after year - but never quite getting there! ;-)

Thanks for your cntribution.

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morepix said:
That daffodil photo of yours sure is a winner. Lots of sharp detail
from front to back, perfectly exposed. Probably more highlights are
blown in daffodil photos than in any other subject -- not in your
photo tho.
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Thank you very much - that has certainly given my confidence a bit of a much-needed boost! I tell you what - daffs are NOT that easy to get right. I rememebr we had a long discussion in the lighting forum last year regarding this very subject. Opinion was divided on whether to use spot metering, or centre-weighted....and then by how much to under-expose (without having to resort to splitting the various clour channles in post processing).
morepix said:
Interesting how difficult it is to admit a photo is your BEST of
any particular kind. One of your best, OK; but BEST is risky.
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Good point! In the 'old' days, I used to waste several rolls of film a week going after daffdils - and in the past few years, its been at least 500 MB a day!! I think I may be getting closer...but still the "definitive" daffodil shot has eluded me!
morepix said:
I'm happy to say I avoid taking photos of daffodils. But if I ever
did take one, it would be my best, de facto. As I was writing this
post, I went out the door to take a look at my neighbor's
daffodils, thinking of taking the plunge. But they were a bit over
the hill, and I just couldn't do it. Maybe next year.
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LOL! That's the beauty of it - this yellow menace turns up every spring - so there is no escape - and no excuse either!

Thanks for your comments.

;-)

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AH

 
hehe...I see you've intecepted me in here! God to see a familair face. Thanks for your contribution. I like the first shot - good use of the vast open background.

I started this thread because I wanted to see how others shoot daffs. So I just thought to myself - why not get members from other forums involved to show us what's possible!

:-)

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AH

 
AH, You sure get around. Now you are living in the Northern Hemisphere. :) Very nice Daffs you have here and thanks for the invite!

Here is my best so far without foam core and taken out of doors. Alternate image below this.



Date/Time 30-Mar-2006 16:43:22
Make OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model E-500 & 50-200 ED
Flash Used No
Focal Length 137 mm
Exposure Time 1/400 sec
Aperture f/8
ISO Equivalent 200
Exposure Bias -2/3
White Balance (9)
Metering Mode center weighted (2)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Program aperture priority (3)

Same image with Gothic Glow treatment and tighter crop.



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