Gallery: FloraPosted May 17, 201372 views4 comments
Canon 50D W/ Sigma 150 macro
F11 at 1/6 sec.
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Comment posted by John Clulow on May 17, 2013 at 5:35 PM
Just recently having shot bluebells myself, I like your subject, the color contrasts. In a single image, you have so many different perspectives; from the side to the "front".
There are a group in the center that sort of form a pentagon that have all of this starting with the one we look into at the top. However, the depth of field at f/11 isn't sufficient to bring the elements on the side into "acceptably sharp" focus. You do not specify your ISO setting; maybe you could have stopped down two or three stops. The fact that you were at 1/6s shutter leads me to believe you were using a tripod, so I think you might have considered going to f/22 or even f/32 to increase the range of acceptably sharp focus to include more of the other interesting elements in the image. Some people worry about diffraction at f/32, but you can sharpen a little and I don't think it's a huge problem.
The other thing you could consider is taking maybe 4 or 5 images at a wider aperture and then using a focus stacking program to make a composite image with more of the elements sharp.
I like the flowers in that center group, but I just find the elements around the perimeter sort of in a twilight zone region of not being quite sharp enough and not being quite soft enough.
Hope this is helpful. I do love the colors!
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Comment posted by Ken Smith on May 17, 2013 at 5:51 PM
Nice shot...dewy mist-drops are great...and dof works. My only suggestion is to get out the blue tint..which impacts the water reflecting on the lower right leaf...hopefully my iMac is not misleading these colors. Ken S
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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on May 17, 2013 at 8:10 PM
Cool looking flowers and I really like the dew, Wayne. I do find myself wishing for more dof.
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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on May 18, 2013 at 9:26 PM
Agree with Ken. A good subject for focus stacking, but beautiful as is. Not sure of the overall color; it seems a little cool.
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4 commentsThere are a group in the center that sort of form a pentagon that have all of this starting with the one we look into at the top. However, the depth of field at f/11 isn't sufficient to bring the elements on the side into "acceptably sharp" focus. You do not specify your ISO setting; maybe you could have stopped down two or three stops. The fact that you were at 1/6s shutter leads me to believe you were using a tripod, so I think you might have considered going to f/22 or even f/32 to increase the range of acceptably sharp focus to include more of the other interesting elements in the image. Some people worry about diffraction at f/32, but you can sharpen a little and I don't think it's a huge problem.
The other thing you could consider is taking maybe 4 or 5 images at a wider aperture and then using a focus stacking program to make a composite image with more of the elements sharp.
I like the flowers in that center group, but I just find the elements around the perimeter sort of in a twilight zone region of not being quite sharp enough and not being quite soft enough.
Hope this is helpful. I do love the colors!