Monday, 24 March 2025

A host of golden daffodils.

 I spent much of Sunday morning happily engaged in setting up a little corner of my darkroom in order to indulge a macro session.

Not long ago, I purchased a Canon 100mm macro lens, but I've had little time to use it; being retired, I find I have less time to indulge my hobby than I ever had when I was working - and I've no excuse, I'm still getting up anywhere between 4-5.30am during weekdays.

Anyway, as I said, I set up a little shoot: a freshly picked daffodil from the abundance we have growing in the garden just now. This, I placed in a small vase at shoulder height (perched on an upturned plastic bucket). I used just one very small softbox which I placed as close as possible to the flower, and spent the next two hours shooting different angles and f/stops.

Here are some of the few I've processed thus far:







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