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PHOTO SHOOTING TECHNIQUES
Example 1 : three successive pictures of Schlumbergera X 'Primavera'
Schlumbergera x 'Primavera' : picture 1.
diaphragm aperture: F/32
exposure time: 1/10s
illumination: natural light (cloudy weather with some sunbeams)
comment: It's an example of what not to do: the exposure time is too long and thus we have a blurred image because the camera moved during shooting. And even if the image were clear ........
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Schlumbergera x 'Primavera' : picture 2.
diaphragm aperture: F/32
exposure time: 1/25s
illumination: natural light (cloudy weather with some sunbeams as for the preceding one) + reflective mirror
comment: It's clear, a small ray of sunshine reflected by a mirror allowed a shorter exposure time.
However, it doesn't satisfy me because I find it flat and the color is not really beautiful; thus it's necessary to improve......
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Schlumbergera x 'Primavera' : picture 3.
diaphragm aperture: F/32
exposure time: 1/60s
illumination: natural light (cloudy weather with some rays of sunshine as for the two previous ones) + off-camera flash which illuminates quite vertically from bottom to top.
comment: The picture is clear, it has more relief than the previous one and the white colour is whiter, thanks to the flash.
I regard it as the best of the three.
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