Robert, the colors and overall composition works very nicely here. A bit of Monet look there.
Is the DOF shortened on this one? As the small details seem to be falling prey to compression at this size. Anything with a lot of leaves or flowers struggle at this size. I find most of my aspen tree shots fall apart when sized to this overall image dimension.
I really like the color; even the touch of red, and I think the contrast and bright light do well to showcase this field of small flowers.
My only question would be with Paul and the depth of field. For me, this kind of scene almost cry's out for maximum depth of field and detail front to back. But maybe you were trying to isolate the purple flowers in front against the yellows in the background? I'd be curious to hear want the intentions were.
One thought might be to crop the top. I tried a screen scroll crop and with the grasses at the top cropped out so you have just the yellows along the top, I like the separation of the purples and they stand out nicely. Having the complete top makes me want detail bottom to top. Make sense? Anyway, just my .02
Thanks for the feedback, Paul and Lon. I was trying for a
different type of effect, using a shallower DOF. I think that
I was probably af F13. I'll be posting some more wildflower
images soon with a similarly shallow DOF. Nevertheless,
I appreciate your suggestions. Maybe being sharper from
front to back is the way to go.
Maybe being sharper from
front to back is the way to go.
Robert,
Hopefully you don't take this as being the way to go all the time. Just my opinion about this particular scene. Kudos for trying a different DOF and using selective focus to bring attention to a specific part of the scene. It's all about how we view and want to capture and present a scene in our own way. So hopefully I didn't make it sound like your approach was wrong or something. And also, we can't learn and grow if we don't experiment and try different approaches.
Hi Robert
I appreciate what you're doing in this image. I tried for the last two season to get an image I like of those little flowers. I'm not exactly sure where you were shooting. I've done mine along Springfield Rd just above the Columbia Airport. It is a matter of taste, but I agree with Lon on the DOF issue. I'm attaching a link to a couple of images from Springfield Rd - one is this year one one is last year.
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Is the DOF shortened on this one? As the small details seem to be falling prey to compression at this size. Anything with a lot of leaves or flowers struggle at this size. I find most of my aspen tree shots fall apart when sized to this overall image dimension.
I really like the color; even the touch of red, and I think the contrast and bright light do well to showcase this field of small flowers.
My only question would be with Paul and the depth of field. For me, this kind of scene almost cry's out for maximum depth of field and detail front to back. But maybe you were trying to isolate the purple flowers in front against the yellows in the background? I'd be curious to hear want the intentions were.
One thought might be to crop the top. I tried a screen scroll crop and with the grasses at the top cropped out so you have just the yellows along the top, I like the separation of the purples and they stand out nicely. Having the complete top makes me want detail bottom to top. Make sense? Anyway, just my .02
Lon
different type of effect, using a shallower DOF. I think that
I was probably af F13. I'll be posting some more wildflower
images soon with a similarly shallow DOF. Nevertheless,
I appreciate your suggestions. Maybe being sharper from
front to back is the way to go.
Robert,
Hopefully you don't take this as being the way to go all the time. Just my opinion about this particular scene. Kudos for trying a different DOF and using selective focus to bring attention to a specific part of the scene. It's all about how we view and want to capture and present a scene in our own way. So hopefully I didn't make it sound like your approach was wrong or something. And also, we can't learn and grow if we don't experiment and try different approaches.
Lon
I appreciate what you're doing in this image. I tried for the last two season to get an image I like of those little flowers. I'm not exactly sure where you were shooting. I've done mine along Springfield Rd just above the Columbia Airport. It is a matter of taste, but I agree with Lon on the DOF issue. I'm attaching a link to a couple of images from Springfield Rd - one is this year one one is last year.
http://ryanimages.smugmug.com/DRImages/Nature/Macro-Images/11861536_4yLFz#885112566_E3nZc
http://ryanimages.smugmug.com/DRImages/Nature/Macro-Images/11861536_4yLFz#857124013_Me3C5
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