Brien Szabo sent me a picture of myself (on right) and good friend Jim, working in the Pine Barrens. Being careful not to harm the delicate plant life and trying not to get too wet and muddy, I was making close-up images of several flowers indicative to the area. I wanted to imply the flower’s surroundings without allowing the background to distract from the form and color of the primary subject. A tripod here is necessary as my magnification was high and the equipment fairly heavy. In this picture I am working with a Canon 300mm f4.0 L IS lens with Canon 1.4X teleconverter and both 12mm and 25mm extension tubes. All are attached to a Canon EOS 30D (with its own 1.6x crop factor) which gives quite a bit of equivalent focal length. The depth of field was nice and shallow which I generally like.
I’m wearing a long sleeve white “Bug Off” shirt over a T-shirt which kept the bugs at bay and didn’t absorb much heat from the sun. My cap is an L.L. Bean “Bug Off” model as well. Gore-Tex boots and wool socks keep the feet comfortable and zip-off, light weight pants round out my field attire. This was one of the few times I didn’t wear a photo-vest, but found I was more comfortable without it.
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