Dying Flower

To get this shot, I had the 580EX flash softboxed to camera left, almost directly shooting perpendicular to the camera's view. I had the camera with the 70-200mm all the way out at 200mm; set at 1/80s @ f/14 and at iso 200. I also set a black foam stock as a flag behind the flower to help black it out in Photoshop and a silver reflectant fabric under the flower to help a little with the fill. For the flower I used a wire coat hanger to "pose" the flower up into position. Below is the shot set-up diagram.

Civil War Re-enactment

So a week ago I ventured up to a local Civil War re-enactment that was taking place at a local state park. I took the camera of course but because of the amount of people and the restrictions on the places to stand and watch, I didn't get as many shots as I would have liked.

**Something for future reference: When attending a Civil War re-enactment, go early enough and talk to some of the guys taking part there, they said they would suit you up in their garb and you could go out on the battlefield to take photos. This is a must do next time.

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