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More bad weather today meant no outdoor photography so it was back to the simple desk top studio set up.  On the Digital SLR Photography Magazine CC group page on Facebook we have a weekly challenge and this week's subject is 'flora', which provided me with the perfect subject for my desktop studio. Nikon D800 - Nikon 105mm f2.8G micro - 1/3 @ f9 - ISO100   A black cloth provided the back drop to the low key set up with a white rose as the subject.  The light was provided in the main from my office window, with a small desktop lamp providing some additional lighting when needed. Using the Nikon D800 and a Nikon 105mm f2.8G micro lens, I set about trying different settings and lighting to see what I could get from the set up.  The first shot is very basic, with the rose placed to the left and leaning into the picture. The black space to the right can be used to put text for either a card or a magazine page.  It is always useful to provide ...

Another day of bad weather in Grantham had me looking for something to photograph indoors.  As it is Mother's Day tomorrow here in the UK we had some flowers in the house so I 'borrowed' one for a quick table top studio shoot in my office. After several images from various angles of the flower head I decided to go for a macro shot and put a drop of water on the petals to give a point of focus. Using the Nikon D800 fitted with the Nikon 105mm f2.8G micro and a very simple set up using a LED head torch as the light source, I decided to then try one shot with a very large depth of field and one with a shallow depth of field. Here are the results - Nikon D800 - Nikon 105mm f2.8G AF-S micro - 1/15 @ f9 - ISO 100 Nikon D800 - Nikon 105mm f2.8G AF-S micro - 5s @ f51 - ISO 100 Simple set up - Nikon D800 - Nikon 105mm f2.8G AF-S micro - LED Head Torch as the light source -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...