Proper Bonsai Photography?

LostHawken

I've seen alot of pics on the forum of trees, some better than others. I would like to be able to take good pics of my trees to share with everyone, but I'm not too experienced.

Can anyone share their tips and ideas on how to take a good pics (specifically for forum use). What are the best flash settings lighting conditions, background colors etc. ? What conditions make for easy virtuals?

Teach us new guys how to make it easier for you help us

~Justin

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Candy_J_Shirey

Justin -

Try some of these BonsaiTalk links:

http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/showthr...=&threadid=3697

http://www.memobug.com/csf/csFAQ.cgi?database=1%20Forum%20User%20FAQ%2edb&command=viewone&id=13&rnd=3.0

http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/showthr...=&threadid=2467

http://forum.bonsaitalk.com/showthr...ght=photography

-Candy

Thomas_J.

For any kind of photography, lighting is the most critical thing.
It can be used for you or against you. Unless your a professional and know how to use the correct lighting, the best lighting for bonsai is natural light. I never use a flash on my bonsai photography. Bright sun will sometimes work against you in bonsai pics. Depending upon whether you have a digital or film type camera, you'll see big differences between the two when it comes to lighting on your pictures. As for tips, you'll probably have to experiment a lot to see what works best for your taste.
Don't forget, photography is an art in itself. Most of my pictures in my gallery were taken at nightime with an overhead light using a digital camera and no flash.

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agraham

Justin,

i bought a big piece of black felt($15) for a background and take all my photos outside in natural light.....be sure to set the exposure on the tree,not the entire "picture",try to shoot level with the tree

i use a digital camera and tweak the photo in photoshop elements

nothing fancy but i think the plain background is the main thing in improving my pictures.

andy

LostHawken

Thanks for the advice everyone!

I take it that a dark/black background is best and no flash. I'll remember that next time I take some photos.

Justin

TreeBay

If you aren't using a little on-camera flash, your choice of background colors is much more flexible. Usually something that complements or contrasts with the leaf, bark and pot works very well.

Regards,

Matt

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