In the garden

[whacky]

I know that technically this isn't the place but I have been playing with the D70 and 60mm macro. I came up with this and wanted some feed back. Must confess didn't really know what to do with the RAW thingy

[DDT uk]

Technically I think that it is good. The central point of the picture, the stamen, is sharp and the exposure appears to be spot on. These are important factors. Sharpness particularly.

There are a couple of issues. When taking pictures of flowers it is best to avoid strong light or you can wash out some of the colour which has happened here slightly on some of the petals. I would also review the composition. You want to have eye drawn into the picture and here the flower is very central and facing downwards. This causes the eye to fall out of the bottom of the shots. I would experiment with putting the stamen on a 1/3, cropping and flipping the image so that the line through the centre of the flower is on an upward diagional across the frame.

You have a very central flower and large depth of field which tends to make this more of a record shot. Try experimenting with a limited depth of field as well with flowers as this can help produce a more artistic image.

As I said, technically this is very good.

Daniel

[DDT uk]

Actually, now I look at it again, I am not sure that the colour is at all washed out. It may just be the way the flower is. The tight crop also means that you can't put this image on a 1/3 although I would certainly try to take the picture again and see how it comes out if you do.

[TimIngmire]

On my screen the colours look good. One really minor comment is that you've clipped the bottom of the petal slightly.

It is difficult to frame a circular object in a rectangular frame - especially when up close

[triplefin]

I think if you crop the R/h side to get rid of that fuzzy bit in the corner and change the ratio of the whole picture you will find that the fact that you've caught the top and bottom petals will look more as though you have done it deliberately.........well I think so ......try it with a bit of paper over the screen.

[whacky]

Thanks guys I have been having another play today with a house plant. I can move that easier than the hanging basket.

Still clipped the ends of the petals but it looks alot better with the background going to black. But i confess I never quite got it right in camera and had to use Photoshop



While I'm online can anyone answer this question? I use elements 6 and it has started saving everything as a jpeg 2000 file (jpf). as opposed to a normal jpeg. Is this because of now usng the Nikon and RAW or is it an update from adobe on elements 6?