Pyramidal Orchid

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Posted by Ian Hardy on June 23, 2008 at 2:08 AM

I took this yesterday in very windy conditions not quite sure i have it sharp enough.
Nikon D2Xs
Nikon 105mm f2.8
1/1000@f3.2
100 ISO
Gitzo Levelling Tripod
USM in CS3

C&C Welcome

Posted by Matt Cole on June 23, 2008 at 2:57 AM

it does look a bit soft to me Ian. I also think a portrait format would have suited this one a bit better (or if landscape perhaps a bit smaller in the frame and set to one side). A nice looking specimen though and well exposed.

Matt

Posted by Tom_W on June 23, 2008 at 3:03 AM

It is a tad soft but given the wind yeaterday I'm not supprised

Would agree with the vertical format especially if the flower shape ( like this) is vertically stacked.

Posted by PhilH on June 23, 2008 at 5:35 AM

Yes the wind was rather strong yesterday... unfortunately compositionaly this does not work for me, it really is shouting out to be portrait format, it really does need more DoF too, you could have upped the ISO to give a smaller aperture and still maintain the shutter speed, the good thing with digital is you can try a wide range of settings....

Posted by Robert Lawrence on June 23, 2008 at 6:35 AM

I'm afraid this doesn't work at all for me Ian. Wrong format and not sharp enough, perfectly understandable in yesterdays atrocious conditions. Down here I wouldn't have got a sharp image of an oak tree it was that rough!

Robert

Posted by Ian Hardy on June 23, 2008 at 9:05 AM

Hi folks,

Cheers for the advice i am going to go and try again today.

Ian

Posted by Ian Andrews on June 25, 2008 at 3:34 AM

Hi Ian, nice to see you over the w/e.
When you do try again, take a careful look at the aperture you are using. This is as much lack of DOF as it is the wind.

Ian