Purple Wildflower

Gallery: FloraPosted July 24, 201262 views12 comments

This is the first photograph I took with my macro lens. It was taken in a meadow in a community wildflower garden in South East London.

Canon 350D
Compact Macro 50mm f/2.5
Shutter speed: 1/1600
Aperture: f/2.5
ISO: 200

Comments

12 comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on July 24, 2012 at 7:08 PM

Hi Vicky. Welcome to NPN and flora! This is a nice first post. I like the DOF that you chose and the interesting bloom that you have featured here.

My nits would be to crop out the partial bloom on the left and then to post this larger so that we can appreciate the details!

Nathan

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1101 Posts, 13589 Comments

Comment posted by Ken Smith on July 24, 2012 at 11:30 PM

Welcome Vicky, great post with the new lens. Like Nathan...go big as possible...720 pix on the side or 1200 for members...which displays more details and nuanced lighting and textures. DOF seems spot-on...w/nice b/g blurred. I might even select the dark spots and brighten to a more consistent b/g. Well done!

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Comment posted by Vicky McGuinness on July 25, 2012 at 7:59 AM

Thank you Nathan and Ken for the comments and feedback. Yes, I see that the bud on the left and dark patches in the background are distracting and detract from the overall image. Need to think more when composing. Will also upload larger images in future.

It's really great to have feedback!
Vicky

Registered on July 24, 2012, 9 Posts, 21 Comments

Comment posted by Bunn Martin on July 25, 2012 at 10:10 AM

I agree with the crop suggestion but I would also eliminate the large white blur of a flower to the right of the subject.

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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 25, 2012 at 2:04 PM

Welcome to NPN, Vicky! Excellent first post. I will just echo Nathan's (and other's) comments.

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Comment posted by Vicky McGuinness on July 25, 2012 at 2:05 PM

Thank you, Bunn. It's certainly helpful seeing things through other people's eyes.
Vicky

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Comment posted by Vicky McGuinness on July 25, 2012 at 2:12 PM

And thank you, Phil.
Appreciate the welcome from you all.
Vicky

Registered on July 24, 2012, 9 Posts, 21 Comments

Comment posted by Elisabeth Czwikla on July 25, 2012 at 6:12 PM

agree with everybody else, a small crop from the left and move your camera when you look through the view finder until your bg is all even. Something I learned here. Often we concentrate on the pretty flower and forget about the background. Just changing your angle a little bit.

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Comment posted by Vicky McGuinness on July 26, 2012 at 2:14 PM

Thank you, Elizabeth.

Registered on July 24, 2012, 9 Posts, 21 Comments

Comment posted by Albert Darmo on July 26, 2012 at 10:19 PM

Hi Vicky

Welcome to Flora!!!

Agree with the critics, but still a beautiful first post

Albert Darmo

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Comment posted by Vicky McGuinness on July 27, 2012 at 4:29 AM

And thank you, Albert!
This site seems great.
I love the fact that people actually give feedback and that it's possible to learn something

Registered on July 24, 2012, 9 Posts, 21 Comments

Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 29, 2012 at 4:03 PM

Vicky: Welcome to NPN and to the finest Flora gallery on the planet. I'll be lazy and ditto Nathan's comments but I really like the flower itself. Great to have you aboard and looking forward to more.>=))>

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