Flower Photography

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An about the latest post.... I have always been trying to figure out how to get photos of a quality that can be good enough, that you can sell them on stock photos website. If you have ever tried to upload and sell photos on sites like Crestock, Pixmac, Dreamstime, Shutter stock, Yay micro etc, then you would know that more photos get rejected than accepted. So, when it is more likely that a majority of photos shot using a DSLR camera will get selected, how can you get that perfect photo using a low-end camera, a point and shoot camera of over 6 mega pixels capacity?
I tried to experiment with my canon A710 IS a 6.1 megapixel camera for various results and figured out that although the camera has a 6x optical zoom, the photos that I capture using the full or part optical zoom are not as sharper as the ones I capture with the zooming feature. Also the photos captured from very close and via Macro mode gives me the best results of all. One just has to set the camera to that perfect exposure & shutter settings.

Below are some photos of a few flowers captured on a cloudy day inside the house with lights off. The only source of light was the one coming from the textured window glass from outside. The camera was set to shutter priority mode with a 1 second exposure to ensure enough of the light reflected from the flowers got captured. I placed the camera down, near the flowers, very close and captured the below photos using the macro mode. I am quite glad to see the results. No grains, no haze, and perfectly sharp captures.

Well experiments can sure teach you a lot! I would be glad to hear about your experiments with camera and experience of selling photos…

12  comments :

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  2. Pretty flowers! Your photos look great.

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  3. You should be very proud of these photos! Just superb in every way. Great color, sharp as a tack, and I like the reflections, too!

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  4. Those Gerbera daisies are utterly gorgeous. Your talents are without limit.

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  5. Hi Kcalpesh! Gorgeous!!

    There is a weird post at Blogtrotter Two waiting for your comment... ;)
    Enjoy and have a gorgeous week ahead!

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  6. I have started photographing flowers and am finding out just how difficult it is. My problem is that I am in too much of a hurry and need to make greater use of my tripod and focussing on my camera settings and depth of field. you have well with your pictures

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  7. THANK YOU for stopping by my side in the village ;) VERY BEAUTIFUL PICTURES HERE! Have a nice weekend !

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  8. 3 great pictures with the added 'meaning' given by their resting on a shining surface.

    Max-e - my advice is to leave the tripod at home, flowers often move quicker than you can! Use the very highest ISO setting you can and the maximum shutter speed possible - never mind the aperture. The problem with smaller sensors and lenses is too much depth of field, not too little! Avoid OVERexposure at all costs - if the lighting is soft and the contrast range limited, apparently under-exposed images will give good results with a little editing. In my opinion without editing, excellent digital photography is all but impossible.

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  9. Awesome photos.. nice lighting in photos..

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