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| Group |
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C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 37 |
Jun 25 |
Comment |
The positioning is good. I would have darkened the background a trifle to reduce the impact of the window frame and crop out the leaf on the lower right--you might have to clone out a bit to finish the job--but keep the splitting of the stem.
Yes on the f/stop being too far out. I would have gone with a higher shutter speed and lower f stop. There's no need to have an ISO of 80. I might use that if I were in a sunny desert. The ISO could easy be pushed to 200, which is good enough for most well lit scenes, or even 500 or 800 or higher while the f stop opens up a lot--you could preserve focus across the butterfly with an f/11 and a higher shutter speed would help with sharpness. Don't be afraid to push ISOs when necessary.
I think I see a bit of fuzzy focus on the head and thorax while the left wing is sharp (abdomen too). Generally, it's preferable the other way around--have the head the sharpest and fall off on the wings is considered more acceptable, although the whole thing could be sharp The flowers are soft and overall the focus falls off from left to right and somewhat from top to bottom.It looks like the camera was focused onthe wing, not the head. You could probably do selective sharpening on the right wing to good effect |
Jun 20th |
| 37 |
Jun 25 |
Comment |
Excellent shot. I was viewing it and realized I cut off an inch or so at the bottom and it looked really good. Seeing the whole photo, I'd say it cropping to remove the part where the flowers start to get dark and having a thinner photo looks really good. I also think an inch off the left to get rid of the really bright part works. The light on the left side of the lighthouse clues the viewer to the direction of the sun. Having such a bright sky on the left pulls the eye away from the subject. I think I see evidence of the movement--just a slight impact to focus |
Jun 20th |
| 37 |
Jun 25 |
Comment |
Thanks. I think I forgot to mention I used a Gaussian blur for the backgroudn |
Jun 20th |
| 37 |
Jun 25 |
Comment |
Very nice. Great color and good sharpness all around. Agree on the leaf. I don't think it's necessary and does detract. There are a few small bright, white spots on the flower I'd clone out, particularly on the left side.
I can answer the question on shutter speed. My mentor taught me to keep the speed up to 1/1000 because of the wind. His comment was that everyone thinks flowers are easy but they are hard-you have the combination of the possibility of a breeze moving things (unless you are in a studio) but because flowers often have a span that requires a smaller aperture to keep everything sharp and so you need to boost the ISO in tandem. Howard, I'd say you did exactly the right thing. |
Jun 16th |
| 37 |
Jun 25 |
Comment |
Wow! Great choice on b/w. I saw a lot of vendors in India but none with an expression like this. Effective use of vignetting. Great sharpness. Not a false move in the photo |
Jun 16th |
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