Simple weeds

[Marc Kurth]

Working on a series: Weeds as Art








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[John_A]

Wow the first shot is amazing - the other 2 fabi...

[DigitalScape]

Excellent, Marc - super colors, and the dark background makes the flowers stand out.

[ttusa]

I really like the perspective of #2!

[Marc Kurth]

I appreciate the nice comments - many people don't like this kind of stuff :-)

[David Alaniz]

For me you got a wow factor going on here, I like them.

[tx_tuff]

I love the colors, looking good.

[jfoureyes]

These are all very well done... The color and sharpness look fine!

[mmuhlenkamp]

Nice work! Are the dark backgrounds done through mostly lighting or post-processing? You have a great look going.

[Concisus Cognatus]

Magnificent photos! The only issue I see is there's no exif data. How is a novice like myself going to learn from these great shots without a little help from my friends?

[Marc Kurth]

Hi Melissa,

You're going to laugh, but I point the flash through the cardboard tube of a roll of paper towels. This forms a snoot to give me a strong, narrow spotlight effect.

Using a really old "head and handle" type Sunpak flash with lots of power lets me set the exposure up with minimum ambient light effect.

I generally use a piece of dark fabric in the background and always shoot in low light time of day, but sometimes I have to darken the background in post processing:

[sheribeari]

count me as among those who LOVE this!!

[Stargazer77517]

Cool shots, love the perspective and angle of #2.

[Marc Kurth]

Originally Posted by Concisus Cognatus

Magnificent photos! The only issue I see is there's no exif data. How is a novice like myself going to learn from these great shots without a little help from my friends?

I was typing a post (below yours) when you posted. I explained a little bit about the lighting, but I'll have to check the files for exposure data. I can tell you that I generally shoot at base ISO on a D70 or a D200. All of these are taken with a really cheap old Sigma 24-135 zoom (bought it used for $ 70. many years ago) normally at around f6 f10. (The exif date is being pulled out when I reduce the file size and save it)

[scottbuckel]

Nice series of images - a positiv take on subjects that many folks do not like!

Scott