I was walking near the beach on my daily walk, and saw a tiny little flower on a “succulent” plant. The flower is only maybe 1-2 cm across (1/4 inch), so small. Not to be perturbed by absolutely no previous experience, and knowing absolutely zip about close-ups, I brought my iPhone up close and took a photo.
I’m pleased with the result, however I think I would have the iPhone a little further away from the flower next time. Reason, the flower isn’t in focus, doh !
Taken in Thailand, Nov-2013
It also looks like a portulaca. Good attempt at a macro shot. π
Thanks:)
Not bad for an iPhone.
Also, I think you mean “macro” photography, not “micro”, unless it’s meant to be a play on words.
Usually you’re more knowledgeable than I so I stand corrected ! Often I just “go for it” rather than research, sometimes it saves me time, occasionally I look stupid, but I think Henry Ford said too many men afraid of looking stupid …
Sorry it’s off topic, but can you point me in the right direction for colour/tone enhancements, I’m not good with colours in the first place and night shots I’m getting all kinds of horrible colours and don’t know how to correct them. Occasionally Photoshop will do an awesome “auto tone”, “auto colour” or “auto contrast”, but a lot of the time it just doesn’t seem to do anything useful !
I’ll take a look for you when I get the chance. I’ve been fairly busy recently, but I can quickly give you a few pointers using The GIMP (there should be a similar process in Photoshop):
Play around with the curves (Colors→Curves) or levels (Colors→Levels). In the curves dialog, raising the right end (lightening the light) and lowering the left (darkening the dark) can be striking, especially with black and white (greyscale) photos.
If your photo is dark and you want to brighten a portion of it, you might want to try duplicating the layer and set the top layer to “addition” mode, using a layer mask to restrict the effect to an area.
The National Geographic script works wonders for an automated solution
Hope that helps!
Hey thanks for the info … I’ve been having a little bit of success with levels and curves, setting the black and white points … also upping contrast makes it darker and more night realistic … I’ve played around with adjusting an area, need to try this with a mask … thanks dude … cheers DC
That is one very good picture, or as they say “Nice Shot”
Thanks π
That’s a Vietnam rose flower sir π
Ah thanks Mi-Kee:)
No worries!
Lovely week ahead Sir π
Hope so, need to get a bit more sleep this week !
You better get some or you’ll get cranky, and your pictures shaky. hehehe π
My night shots already shaky … only other people that make me cranky !
Ah! you still need some rest and sleep Sir so the photos won’t be shaky and even people won’t make you feel cranky π
It’s true, just more challenging to stay calm when I’m overtired … and I will get some better rest today π
Besides Sir, we can’t get extra life any where.. or a spare body when we feel tired. Have a great rest then and have a happy day! π
OK, I get my work done then rest, no exploring new things today !
Sure thing Sir. Have a great rest and sleep. Looking forward to more photos from there. π
Oh, and photos are lovely, too!
Cheers,
Mikee