The Big Dipper asterism from Ursa Major is shown with guides to find three popular deep sky objects.
I just like this one:
Same thing from a different angle:
The whole scene was dominated by red, a situation that usually results in a 'blown red channel' where the color red becomes flat, unsaturated and devoid of detail. To counter this, I set the camera to Flash White Balance and used a fill flash. I aimed the flash up, so it didn't directly strike the flower, then held my hand in the beam to reflect light down onto the yellow and red parts of the subject. By controlling the Flash Exposure Compensation, I was able to adjust the brightness of the background while maintaining the aperture I wanted to keep the background nicely blurred.
Entrance to Hell found in Canadian photographer, Yves P.'s PBase gallery gallery!
