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| Group |
Round |
C/R |
Comment |
Date |
Image |
| 95 |
Feb 23 |
Comment |
Thank you, everybody, for your great comments. Lensbaby is tough, but I like it for certain things. Big learning curve!! I do love flowers of all types, though! BTW, I'm doing a macro webinar on March 1 for the Ft. Meyer's camera club. If you are interested (not sure you will learn much from me!), you can always ask them if you can sit in on Zoom?
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Feb 21st |
| 95 |
Feb 23 |
Comment |
I love the full image with maybe just a bit of cropping, but I will say that seeing it in total really brings home that the center area of the plant is out of focus. I'm wondering if it was caused by wind movement. If so, you could just raise the shutter speed and compensate with aperture. I think that is why at such a narrow aperture it still felt out of focus. Way to slow of a shutter speed for something growing on a long, thin stalk like this. |
Feb 21st |
| 95 |
Feb 23 |
Comment |
I actually found the remake to be over sharpened, but Gloria, I don't think your problem is in sharpening--I think it is mainly in cropping and finding a way to emphasize the true subject. Now, if it is that one petal, there are all kinds of ways to do that. And maybe sharpen locally, but I personally feel an overall sharpness isn't the way to go. IMHO. |
Feb 21st |
| 95 |
Feb 23 |
Comment |
Thank you for your comments re: my approach. It is always down to subjective personal preference in the end--there are some technical things we can point out to help ourselves become better, but Keith's goal and artistic vision are what ultimately matters when it comes down to the DOF question, IMHO. That's one thing I really like about studying different photographers' philosophies and approaches :-) |
Feb 17th |
| 95 |
Feb 23 |
Reply |
I'm actually thinking I might start to use the rail more often, even with all these helpful in-camera aids! |
Feb 17th |
| 95 |
Feb 23 |
Reply |
Yes, I see what you are saying. It is the horizontal twigs because they are brighter and the brightness pulls my eye as a viewer. If you want to retain the natural surroundings, to my eye they need to be softened. If you had to use f9, your background needed to be further back or free of those twigs. Could you have gone to f5.6? The other option is to burn on those twigs or to crop them out altogether? Anyway, its just my take--10 other folks will have 10 different inputs. That's why I should have worded it "for me, personally, the background is all it lacks to be an incredible image." |
Feb 17th |
| 95 |
Feb 23 |
Comment |
Beautifully done, Keith!! This feels exquisite, particularly considering that it was handheld! Your lighting and clarity feel great,,with sharpness in all the right places . Well done!! And I love the way your leaves frame the subject in such a subtle way. |
Feb 14th |
| 95 |
Feb 23 |
Comment |
Well, you sure did capture exquisite detail! If only you had the eyebrow in focus…we don't have your settings to play with, but the eyebrow is an important part of the image. Outside of that, great lighting, color balance and detail! My only other suggestion is more room on the right and less on the left-in other words, the eye feels cut off or crowded out on the right. |
Feb 14th |
| 95 |
Feb 23 |
Comment |
Your capture is sharp and has great lighting and textures on the main subject. A good background is all it lacks to be an incredible image. The darkening isn't enough to overcome the busy background. F9 could be f4.5, or you can carry a fake background if you can get a background that is far enough behind your main subject. The flower covered in frost is such a great subject! Maybe swap out your background now that you are in post. |
Feb 14th |
| 95 |
Feb 23 |
Reply |
It's not hard and lots of fun! |
Feb 14th |
| 95 |
Feb 23 |
Comment |
Your capture of the main subject is good, sharp, and nicely balanced. For the shadows I believe you could have used some sort of reflector. Even a piece of white cardboard would work well as a reflector. Having said this, I was also trying to figure out your choice of settings. I think the 45 aperture was to get the maximum depth of field. The long exposure time probably had to compensate for that. You could keep the settings the same, but I think I might try a wider aperture, and in addition to that, decrease the shutter length. Then, when you have a dark subject and background, you could reflect or throw a smidgen of light right on your subject. |
Feb 14th |
| 95 |
Feb 23 |
Comment |
It's true that macro lenses can make it harder to fit an entire flower in. Repositioning can help, so long as you are still in its focal range. I think your capture of the flower has great light, nice color contrast, and good clarity. Personally, I find the crop uncomfortable--I would prefer to see the center or that it fill the frame more before being cut off. But yes, drops of water are a great idea, and then maybe come in even closer with less background? I might also suggest you try some textures on this for fun. |
Feb 7th |
9 comments - 3 replies for Group 95
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9 comments - 3 replies Total
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