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lsager · Jul 20, 2005, 8:02 PM

be honest

GeorgeNC · Jul 20, 2005, 8:25 PM

A couple of suggestions.

As far as composition, clean the sticks off the flowers. Those extraneous items take away from your picture.

I see from your EXIF that the picture was shot at f32 and 1/125. For close ups, I generally use as open an f-stop as possible to blur the background. With the bright sun, it may not be possible to open up as much as you'd like, but maybe use a shutter priority mode and set the shutter as fast as possible and let the camera open the aperture as much as possible.

Finally, I would crop out the partial flowers on theright side of the picture, so you're more drawn to the main flowers. I've taken the liberty of cropping.

AlanV2 · Jul 24, 2005, 5:32 PM

Hi Isager,

I think you do the same as I do, which is not paying attention to the fine details, like GeorgeNC said the twigs need moving and I'd have to add that the flowers could do with a shake to get that dirt off of them.

Although above is always easier said than done,I have read it some many times, yet I still always forget the simple things.

Alan :-)

vIZnquest · Jul 24, 2005, 6:51 PM

When you have time to compose look at what distracts since this has caught your eye to take a shot.

Take many shots and at different angles and change your distances from shooting the flower. Try some zoom and shoot from a distance.

The color you chose to shoot is not easy and you did a nice job of getting detail but the lack of DOF distracts from the flower being the center of interest.

Thanks for sharing.

lord_ultra · Jul 25, 2005, 6:03 AM

not keen on this one. it kind of looks dull and dirty. I like flower pictures to look bright and happy. it almost looks like a weed! I also like a flower pic with a well defined frame/gap around the flower with that nice blurred background look.

Jul 20, 2005, 8:02 PM	#1
lsager Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 24	be honest Attached Images

Jul 20, 2005, 8:25 PM	#2
GeorgeNC Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 120	A couple of suggestions. As far as composition, clean the sticks off the flowers. Those extraneous items take away from your picture. I see from your EXIF that the picture was shot at f32 and 1/125. For close ups, I generally use as open an f-stop as possible to blur the background. With the bright sun, it may not be possible to open up as much as you'd like, but maybe use a shutter priority mode and set the shutter as fast as possible and let the camera open the aperture as much as possible. Finally, I would crop out the partial flowers on theright side of the picture, so you're more drawn to the main flowers. I've taken the liberty of cropping. Attached Images

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Jul 24, 2005, 5:32 PM	#3
AlanV2 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 24	Hi Isager, I think you do the same as I do, which is not paying attention to the fine details, like GeorgeNC said the twigs need moving and I'd have to add that the flowers could do with a shake to get that dirt off of them. Although above is always easier said than done,I have read it some many times, yet I still always forget the simple things. Alan :-)

Jul 24, 2005, 6:51 PM	#4
vIZnquest Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,974	When you have time to compose look at what distracts since this has caught your eye to take a shot. Take many shots and at different angles and change your distances from shooting the flower. Try some zoom and shoot from a distance. The color you chose to shoot is not easy and you did a nice job of getting detail but the lack of DOF distracts from the flower being the center of interest. Thanks for sharing.

Jul 25, 2005, 6:03 AM	#5
lord_ultra Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 42	not keen on this one. it kind of looks dull and dirty. I like flower pictures to look bright and happy. it almost looks like a weed! I also like a flower pic with a well defined frame/gap around the flower with that nice blurred background look.