Managed an hour at a local reserve over the weekend looking for Dragons and although that was not too successful, the local Man orchids were out in force.
Sounds like you had some good success even if you didn't find the Dragons.. A nice capture and the BG works well but I feel that the DOF has failed you a little as the top and bottom of the flower seem a little OOF. I look forward to getting down there and trying myself, I know I've had the same problem with the Green winged O's that I took recently..
Good background and a not too central composition are pluses here.
f2.8 is good for getting a background muted but coupled with 200mm it doesn't give you much of a depth of focus.
Take this out to f6.3 or f8 and the background will still be muted but your subject will look a lot sharper all over.
Cheers
John
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5 repliesPentax K20D,
Pentax 200mm f/2.8 SDM
f/2.8
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ISO 200
Sounds like you had some good success even if you didn't find the Dragons.. A nice capture and the BG works well but I feel that the DOF has failed you a little as the top and bottom of the flower seem a little OOF. I look forward to getting down there and trying myself, I know I've had the same problem with the Green winged O's that I took recently..
Brett.
f2.8 is good for getting a background muted but coupled with 200mm it doesn't give you much of a depth of focus.
Take this out to f6.3 or f8 and the background will still be muted but your subject will look a lot sharper all over.
Cheers
John
Alan
Ian
Lovely image! I quite like the shallow depth of field!