{"id":1240,"date":"2012-04-04T21:19:53","date_gmt":"2012-04-04T20:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/test\/?p=1240"},"modified":"2012-04-04T21:34:33","modified_gmt":"2012-04-04T20:34:33","slug":"spring-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?p=1240","title":{"rendered":"Spring Flowers"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s just over two weeks until my all day workshop at Borde Hill Gardens<\/a> and I\u2019ve got some great plans for the day. So yesterday I paid my first visit of the year to the gardens to check out what was growing and to bag a few shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
 <\/td>\nThe first stop of the day was to the Italian garden which has a beautiful ornamental pond surrounded by terracotta pots which are currently stuffed full of tulips. This one caught my eye at it was just coming into bloom. One thing we\u2019ll be looking at during the workshop is the pros and cons of shooting in the shade. Let\u2019s just say it\u2019s easier to add contrast to a photo then it is to take it away.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n <\/td>\n\"Borde-1\"<\/a><\/td>\n\n

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 <\/td>\nNext up it was a spot of close up work with my Canon 60mm macro. In an ideal world I\u2019d be using a tripod to keep the shots sharp and the ISO down. Sadly I didn\u2019t have a tripod with me so this is a handheld shot at a fairly high ISO.
Macro photography needs time and practice and it\u2019s not uncommon to get lots of failed shots before bagging one good photo. <\/p>\n<\/td>\n		 <\/td>\n\"Borde-3\"<\/a><\/td>\n\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nBorde Hill is currently a riot of yellow as the daffodils are in full bloom. This is a close up isn\u2019t all that it seems. Once again I\u2019m shooting without the aid of a tripod, which required me to use a big the aperture in order to avoid a slow shutter speed and the dreaded camera shake. The downside was the depth of field wasn\u2019t enough to get everything in focus in one shot\u2026 so I took two. Each photo was in focus on a different part of the flower and I used Photoshop to automatically stack the two focus points together.<\/td>\n <\/td>\n\"Borde-2\"<\/a><\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

There are only a few places left on the workshop, so if you fancy coming along then follow this link http:\/\/www.gavtrain.com\/?page_id=1195<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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