tulips

[chryslerchick]

ok i was inspired by another post [sorry cant remember user id ] but his tulip pics were so beautifull i thought i'd give it a go,not as good as theres but it is my 1st attempt at using my macro & a macro lense.& trying to get some DOF which ive not realy done before either,the rest are in my gallery.. the backround isnt perfect black as im afraid i cheated & just bought some black paper & taped it to a cardboard box so any offers of help will be appreciated.. i forgot 2 reduce pic size b 4 loading sorry

[tarzieboy]

Re: tulips

two great shots, love,em ,,,,, john

[Josh Bear]

Re: tulips

Hi chryslerchick,

Taking impactful pictures of flowers in harder than some people think. With close up pictures it is vital (oh this is all my humble opinion) to ensure the pictures are pin sharp, (use a tripod), focused in the right place for your composition, have a contrasting or complementing background, are lit evenly and have the depth of field that suits your composition.

looking at your pictures the first one looks really sharp on the central flower and for me if you removed the flower in the foreground and the one right at the back i thinkyou would have had a real good picture. Never be afraid to remove too much of the long sticky out stem (green) leaves things (O' level biology failing me ) as keeping them in can add to clutter especially if they are not critical to the composition.

The second I'm afraid does not look pin sharp anywhere and the leaves are definately intruding on the flower. The biggest thing i notice though is the lighting. try and use natural light where you can but then use a reflector or second light source to help remove any shadows. If you removed the leaves from the left and bounced back the light and got the focus pinsharp then this would have been a great picture.

As regards the background, black paper isn't cheating.

Best Regads

Josh

[Pops]

Re: tulips

Hi chryslerchick,

Taking impactful pictures of flowers in harder than some people think. With close up pictures it is vital (oh this is all my humble opinion) to ensure the pictures are pin sharp, (use a tripod), focused in the right place for your composition, have a contrasting or complementing background, are lit evenly and have the depth of field that suits your composition.

looking at your pictures the first one looks really sharp on the central flower and for me if you removed the flower in the foreground and the one right at the back i thinkyou would have had a real good picture. Never be afraid to remove too much of the long sticky out stem (green) leaves things (O' level biology failing me ) as keeping them in can add to clutter especially if they are not critical to the composition.

The second I'm afraid does not look pin sharp anywhere and the leaves are definately intruding on the flower. The biggest thing i notice though is the lighting. try and use natural light where you can but then use a reflector or second light source to help remove any shadows. If you removed the leaves from the left and bounced back the light and got the focus pinsharp then this would have been a great picture.

As regards the background, black paper isn't cheating.

Best Regads

Josh

Nice one Josh....that's what I call 'Constructive Critique'.

[chryslerchick]

Re: tulips

Hi chryslerchick,

Taking impactful pictures of flowers in harder than some people think. With close up pictures it is vital (oh this is all my humble opinion) to ensure the pictures are pin sharp, (use a tripod), focused in the right place for your composition, have a contrasting or complementing background, are lit evenly and have the depth of field that suits your composition.

looking at your pictures the first one looks really sharp on the central flower and for me if you removed the flower in the foreground and the one right at the back i thinkyou would have had a real good picture. Never be afraid to remove too much of the long sticky out stem (green) leaves things (O' level biology failing me ) as keeping them in can add to clutter especially if they are not critical to the composition.

The second I'm afraid does not look pin sharp anywhere and the leaves are definately intruding on the flower. The biggest thing i notice though is the lighting. try and use natural light where you can but then use a reflector or second light source to help remove any shadows. If you removed the leaves from the left and bounced back the light and got the focus pinsharp then this would have been a great picture.

As regards the background, black paper isn't cheating.

Best Regads

Josh

thanks for the help josh & yep it was your pics that i 1st seen.

1st pic i was trying out the DOF thinggy,so if i had removed them i couldnt practice the dof,so is my dof no good then have i got it wrong? as i know as much about dof as i do camera settings l.o.l

see now i liked having the green leaves in the pic,otherwise it would not have been real as tulips have leaves l.o.l. i did use atripod but i cant have shutter release cable on my camera so i still get bit shakey when pressing button,i supose i should realy use the timer then shouldnt i ? will try harder with the lighting & focus.very helpfull thanks josh