Orchid-2

Gallery: FloraPosted September 24, 20141,238 views9 comments

Thank you for all your valuable inputs on my last orchid. Here is another image of the same orchid and same composition, but with a higher DOF. Am interested to know if this is sharp enough.

1D3/180mm, ISO200, 1/4s@F/10, Ev -2/3, natural light.

P.S: I had wrongly specified the f-stop as F/15 in my previous image. It was actually F/5.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on September 25, 2014 at 4:49 AM

Yes, the DOF works much better for me in this one. I think that those FG blooms are sharp enough. I think this addresses several of my concerns with the other one.

Nathan

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Comment posted by scott lanz on September 25, 2014 at 7:11 AM

There you go, Govind. Much better. The colors pop against the dark bg w/o any distractions. I like that you also got the leaf in the lrc sharp. I wondered about the f15 when you later commented about shooting this at f10.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on September 25, 2014 at 12:44 PM

Good stuff, Govind. Which was it—f/5, f/10 or f/15? Whichever, sharp detail and a big pop from the dark BG!

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Comment posted by S Govindarajan on September 25, 2014 at 6:38 PM

Thanks, Nathan, Scott, Philip.

Philip: This image was taken at f/10. The image I posted before was f/5 (but erroneously typed as f/15).

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Comment posted by Ramamohan Pai on September 25, 2014 at 8:32 PM

Govind - This is exactly the way it should be. F/10 is a good boy

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on September 26, 2014 at 5:50 AM

Very beautiful, Govind ! I like the overall sharpness of the orchids against the stark black bg. The circling composition, completed by the leaf at the bottom, is delightful.

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Comment posted by Gary Reed on September 26, 2014 at 5:22 PM

Govind. I didn't see the first one...but this one is very nice. Good sharpness and DOF.. I find the leaf at the bottom right a little bit out of place. It ruins the nice arching balance you have. I would remove it if it were mine.

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Comment posted by Giuseppe Guadagno on September 26, 2014 at 5:38 PM

I like very much the softness of the flowers. I agree with you decision of keeping the leaf because for me it finishes the composition.
Take care.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on September 27, 2014 at 8:33 PM

Better detail here, to go with the very fine color and light. the composition with the leaf is very pleasing
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Albert Darmo
Canada

Registered on November 25, 2008, 1386 Posts, 11978 Comments