Compare and Contrast - Charles Binns

Borrowing Tony's lens magnifiers, I used the 10x magnifier to take the picture of the orange flower below. The aim was to try to create a photo, mirroring the following Charles Binns style photo.

I used an aperture of f5.6 and to create that 'velvetty' feel I deliberately made the image 'grainy' by shooting with ISO1600. The picture was taken this afternoon, close to a window, using natural light only.

I fixed my camera firmly onto the tripod and got very close to the image with the magnifier. In order not to cast a shadow over the flower itself, I raised it onto a table and brought the flower more up to the height of the camera, rather than the other way around.

 ISO 1600: f5.6: 1/3200: lens 18-55mm with 10x Magnifier

I am especially pleased with this image as it has recreated, in my view, exactly what I was trying to do. The only additional element I could have added, I think, would have been a vignette around the edges perhaps.