CarolineJensen Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Do you love to shoot flowers and garden visitors like birds, bees and butterflies? This is your thread! Whether you like to get in close with macro or step back and capture all the beauty, this is your spot to share! My name is Caroline Jensen, Sony Artisan and passionate garden photographer. I love to shoot all the garden things, both in-situ and indoors in the studio (floral arrangements). My hope is that your will share your images in this thread and also ask questions! I shoot macro dead leaves in -20F winter as well as flower farm for more subjects in summer. If you have a problem or a question, I most likely have the answer...or at least I can help you learn from my mistakes. 🙂 ...and because a thread is sad without pictures, here are a few of my recent garden arrangements and images: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drtomayiacolvin Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Caroline, thank you for sharing your beautiful and breathtaking images! I'm such an admirer of your work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolineJensen Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 Caroline, thank you for sharing your beautiful and breathtaking images! I'm such an admirer of your work. Hi! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest previous-member Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Beautiful work, as always! Excited to watch this thread grow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolineJensen Posted August 24, 2022 Author Share Posted August 24, 2022 Beautiful work, as always! Excited to watch this thread grow!Me too! I'm excited to have this space! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha-michaela Posted August 24, 2022 Share Posted August 24, 2022 Always so inspired by your work, Caroline, thank you for sharing! Looking forward to learning more about your art and technique on here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monicasigmon Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Beautiful work, as always! Excited to watch this thread grow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcoahgne Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Your work and style is amazing, i started following you everywhere...😍😲 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolineJensen Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 Always so inspired by your work, Caroline, thank you for sharing! Looking forward to learning more about your art and technique on here!Thank you so much, Michaela! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolineJensen Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 Your work and style is amazing, i started following you everywhere...😍😲Aw! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmcdonough Posted September 16, 2022 Share Posted September 16, 2022 Hi Caroline, I love your work!! I was wondering what tips you had for photographing butterflies macro? I struggle to even get near them enough for macro work. I'd love any tips! And for fun, I've attached a few of my butterfly images 😊🦋 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolineJensen Posted September 16, 2022 Author Share Posted September 16, 2022 Caroline, thank you for sharing your beautiful and breathtaking images! I'm such an admirer of your work. Thank you so much! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianHoward Posted September 18, 2022 Share Posted September 18, 2022 Your work is amazing. So fantastic. Glad you are on this page. Are you doing those flowers with a studio backdrop or are you editing out the background in post-production.Very inspiring work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolineJensen Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 Hi Caroline, I love your work!! I was wondering what tips you had for photographing butterflies macro? I struggle to even get near them enough for macro work. I'd love any tips! And for fun, I've attached a few of my butterfly images 😊🦋 Butterflies are genuinely hard! The thing that helps me the most is the shooting early in the morning. They often have a bit of dew on their wings and it takes them a bit to get going. That helps make it much easier to capture them! My second tip is to look for flowers that have either a flat top surface or are stick like---things like zinnias or liatris. The reason I like flat top flowers and spikey flowers is that they tend to sit on them in a way that makes them easier to capture. I have more trouble with flowers that fan out in all directions, which means I end up getting a wonky angle on the butterfly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolineJensen Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 Your work is amazing. So fantastic. Glad you are on this page. Are you doing those flowers with a studio backdrop or are you editing out the background in post-production.Very inspiring work! Hi! I have a small studio with a dark grey wall. I used Dutch Boy paint in the color Iron Chains to paint the way. It is dark, but not too dark. Black would be a black hole, but a deep gray lets me lighten it with my lights or darken it by keeping the light off of it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolineJensen Posted September 19, 2022 Author Share Posted September 19, 2022 Hi Caroline, I love your work!! I was wondering what tips you had for photographing butterflies macro? I struggle to even get near them enough for macro work. I'd love any tips! And for fun, I've attached a few of my butterfly images 😊🦋 ...and these are wonderful, Brooke! The second one is a great example of a 'table top' flower. I love those kinds of flowers because the butterfly sits in a predictable way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmcdonough Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 ...and these are wonderful, Brooke! The second one is a great example of a 'table top' flower. I love those kinds of flowers because the butterfly sits in a predictable way! Oh these are great tips - thank you so much! I"m going to give this a go - I'll report back on how it turns out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Educopilot Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Beautiful images! Great work @CarolineJensen ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJB- Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Fab images! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-AJB- Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 And a couple of my images. Novice photographer here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolineJensen Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 And a couple of my images. Novice photographer here.Aw! Wonderful! Thank you for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonSmith Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Beautiful work Caroline! Have you tried focus stacking with the a7RV? It's AWESOME! Products Used Alpha 7R V (Alpha7RV)Cameras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apurcell Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Beautiful photos. I am finally getting around to setting up custom menus for my a7riii. Ive got a separate settings for wildlife and astro and wanted to set up one for macro. What settings would you recommend?I was thinking aperture priority, steady shot on, and leaving ISO on auto. What focus area would you select? Is there anything else you would recommend? Thanks Products Used Alpha 7R III (a7RIII)Cameras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey-Austin Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 Awesome pictures, it looks like a painting, I like your editing style as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarolineJensen Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 And a couple of my images. Novice photographer here.Gorgeous colors!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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