Snowdrop - natural simplism

[Rense Haveman]

Galanthus nivalis by Rense Haveman, on Flickr

 

[Pete Askew]

Lovely shot Rense - it's always encouraging to see them in bloom. Same setup as before?

 

[Rense Haveman]

Lovely shot Rense - it's always encouraging to see them in bloom. Same setup as before?

Thank you Pete! No, I made this one with the Bellows-Takumar 100/4 on the Auto-Bellows, handheld....

 

[Pete Askew]

Hand-held! Impressive. Nice selective focus you achieved and I like the soft out of focus background. Really works well I think.

 

[Rense Haveman]

Hand-held! Impressive. Nice selective focus you achieved and I like the soft out of focus background. Really works well I think.

Thank you, much appreciated

 

[Paul Lange]

Nicely Done Rense, The DOF is just right to pick out that leading inner petal. I've not used a bellows before but I can imagine the double whammy of increased magnification and longer exposure make hand held shots quite difficult.

 

[Rense Haveman]

Nicely Done Rense, The DOF is just right to pick out that leading inner petal. I've not used a bellows before but I can imagine the double whammy of increased magnification and longer exposure make hand held shots quite difficult.

Thanks Paul! I don't use my bellows very often (read: almost never), but I like the sharpness and colour rendering of the Bellows-Takumar.... And seeing the results, I might use it more often from now.....

 

[Ralph Thornton]

This is one of the best shots of snowdrops that I've ever seen. Great comp and focus.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Loving the way the subject pops off of the OOF backdrop - and that lovely color grad in the background - gorgeous!

 

[Rense Haveman]

Thank you!