I hear you about the mosquito's. I run into the same problem this time of year. Beautiful image. I love the composition and the water droplets. I do have a couple of crits though. First, I find the highlight to be a bit to hot in the upper left hand corner (and in turn distracting). Second, I would have tried to use HF to get that highlight area in sharp focus since strong highlights tend to be the first thing viewers look at. Also, I'm wondering whats going on in the upper right corner - there's a shift in color temperature and sharpness and I can't figure out why. If you could resolve those issues, I think you'd have a real winner here...this is close though. Nice shooting Jack.
I don't disagree with your points---the upper right foreground went back about a foot in distance and it showed up in another plant leaf. That's why it looks kind of strange. I really don't mind it though... my eye kinds of says----so whats going on back in there.
My style using Helicon focus when shooting plant's not always to keep everything tack sharp. I kind of find that too "unnatural" I usually let something go soft to lend itself to the image. In the image below--note that the background stamen are not sharp... this was done on purpose. I tried to duplicate this in this image as well.
...and who says that making things come together in photography is easy!
Oh come on Jack, you know photography is easy, all you need is the expensive camera and lens and you'll shoot like the pro's How many times have you heard that one
On the iris the only thing that bothers me is the hotspot, but that's easily fixed, and the lilly is really nice. Now whats all this about helicon focus, I am always behind the times and info slips by me.
I keep coming back to this image. You did a great job with the colors, comp and details. Agree with earlier comments about the hotspot. My challenge is that my eye keeps bouncing around from raindrop to raindrop and never settles on the true focal point. I'm not sure if that's a function of too many raindrops, or HF making them all pop so well--or maybe it's just me. What I really like about the Tiger Lily image is that one big raindrop--there's no doubt where you want us to look.
great macro shots Jack. the first shot is pretty good but I would have prefered that the upper part of the flower fill up that part of the frame and perhaps more in the middle rather than slightly at an angle. The curvature of it is great. of course that water detail is awesome.
the 2nd picture is a total winner in my book. no complaits.
The second is lovely as well, very strong composition.
I wasn't saying that helicon should be used to render everything sharp. Rather, it just seems to my eye that that particular image would be stronger if the highlight was fully in focus - nitpicking though. You do good work and I'm just giving you my $0.02. Besides your lense are "espensive".
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Nikon D200/ Nikon 200mm Macro / 10th at F5.6 / 4 images using Helicon Focus Software/ Tripod
I don't disagree with your points---the upper right foreground went back about a foot in distance and it showed up in another plant leaf. That's why it looks kind of strange. I really don't mind it though... my eye kinds of says----so whats going on back in there.
My style using Helicon focus when shooting plant's not always to keep everything tack sharp. I kind of find that too "unnatural" I usually let something go soft to lend itself to the image. In the image below--note that the background stamen are not sharp... this was done on purpose. I tried to duplicate this in this image as well.
...and who says that making things come together in photography is easy!
JG
On the iris the only thing that bothers me is the hotspot, but that's easily fixed, and the lilly is really nice. Now whats all this about helicon focus, I am always behind the times and info slips by me.
send me an email at jack@jackgrahamphoto.com and I'll explain!
go to www.heliconfocus.com
JG
I keep coming back to this image. You did a great job with the colors, comp and details. Agree with earlier comments about the hotspot. My challenge is that my eye keeps bouncing around from raindrop to raindrop and never settles on the true focal point. I'm not sure if that's a function of too many raindrops, or HF making them all pop so well--or maybe it's just me. What I really like about the Tiger Lily image is that one big raindrop--there's no doubt where you want us to look.
the 2nd picture is a total winner in my book. no complaits.
I wasn't saying that helicon should be used to render everything sharp. Rather, it just seems to my eye that that particular image would be stronger if the highlight was fully in focus - nitpicking though. You do good work and I'm just giving you my $0.02. Besides your lense are "espensive".