Daisies

The previous American Basin post got me thinking about this shot I took over the summer.

I've seen a lot of flower shots on this forum with great front-to-back DOF. So I'm wondering -- does the narrow DOF work for anyone?

-Jeff

This works for me Jeff, you have the bg enough out of focus to be present still, but not distract from the daisies!. Nice shot!.

I like both types of approaches personally. I really like how the daisies jump off the screen here. Overall the image seems a little dark to me though. The background could use a little lightening.

I agree with Guy.

This is kind of the approach I wish the previous American Basin shot had, with sharp objects not relegated off to the side. This is a little too dark, but nice.

Thanks for the comments. Here's a repost with the image lightened up a bit.

Still a bit too dark, IMO.
Check your histogram of the image with the flowers excluded and you'll see. Setting the correct white point (again excluding the flowers) will give you much better results.