Flower caught in the sun

[Ian]

I was just on my way out of the house and I spotted this wild flower near the front door this afternoon - it just had to be captured. I used a Nikon D40x and 75-300 f/4-5.6 AF-S DX VR (stabilised) zoom Nikkor.

Comments welcome!

Ian

[coupekid]

Re: Flower caught in the sun

Super shot Ian.

I love the black background, really makes the shot POP out of the screen.

I am not so keen on the landscape orientation though, I think there is a too much negative space, and personally I reckon a portrait crop would improve this.

[Ian]

Re: Flower caught in the sun

Super shot Ian.

I love the black background, really makes the shot POP out of the screen.

I am not so keen on the landscape orientation though, I think there is a too much negative space, and personally I reckon a portrait crop would improve this.

I do like the orientation, so we'll have to agree to differe on that one

Here's the same flower taken with a Sony Alpha A100 and 75-300 lens (I just happened to have with me...)

This was taken at f/11 instead of f/7.1 (on the Nikon). The colour is subtly different and the flower head is slightly higher up:

Ian

[Bearface]

Re: Flower caught in the sun

I do like the orientation, so we'll have to agree to differe on that one

Here's the same flower taken with a Sony Alpha A100 and 75-300 lens (I just happened to have with me...)

This was taken at f/11 instead of f/7.1 (on the Nikon). The colour is subtly different and the flower head is slightly higher up:

The main difference I noticed was the relative lack of sharpness (from the Sony) compared to the Nikon image. This is especially significant given the differences in apertures used, which should have favoured the Sony for DOF and crispness.

Can the Sony / lens combo really be that different to the Nikon, or did you perhaps used a slower shutter speed for the second shot and suffer a little camera-shake?

[Ian]

Re: Flower caught in the sun

The main difference I noticed was the relative lack of sharpness (from the Sony) compared to the Nikon image. This is especially significant given the differences in apertures used, which should have favoured the Sony for DOF and crispness.

Can the Sony / lens combo really be that different to the Nikon, or did you perhaps used a slower shutter speed for the second shot and suffer a little camera-shake?

[paul.r.w]

Re: Flower caught in the sun

It could be "fatigue shake" carrying all those bloody cameras around!

The Nikon one looks better all round and that's just the lens I have on my next new toy list.

[Ian]

Re: Flower caught in the sun

It could be "fatigue shake" carrying all those bloody cameras around!

The Nikon one looks better all round and that's just the lens I have on my next new toy list.

I also have the new 55-200 VR to play with at the moment. Both have excellent image stabilisation systems, effective down to 1/4 second shooting at the shorter end of the zoom range.

Ian

[Mike Parr]

Re: Flower caught in the sun

Ian, first of all I like the image, second when was the sun out
lastly I have seen some of this style before, can you explain how you get a totally black background and isolate the subject, I would like to try my hand these. I have an image that I have in mind .
cheers
Mike

[Ian]

Re: Flower caught in the sun

Ian, first of all I like the image, second when was the sun out
lastly I have seen some of this style before, can you explain how you get a totally black background and isolate the subject, I would like to try my hand these. I have an image that I have in mind .
cheers
Mike

The light for both shots was the same, incidentally.

The background is an evergreen hedge in shadow, about 7 feet away, so it's completely blurred.

What's the project you have in mind?

Ian