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I shot this picture awhile ago, but was just curious what you all thought about it. I believe i used Fuji 100 with a 60 macro, f/3.5 1/500

-- Chris Okon (Wadoo2900@aol.com), July 24, 1998

Answers

Soryy about that, my first picture, oops, there it is.

Thanks

-- Chris Okon (Wadoo2900@aol.com), July 24, 1998.

I am not too fond of this photo. Only a small part of the petunia is in focus and the edges of the flower are cropped off. I think for this type of flower, an en face photo with the center of focus being the tip of the pistil would be much better.

-- Paul Shick (adelphos1@aol.com), July 24, 1998.

It's just a bit too soft for my taste.

-- (andreas@physio.unr.edu), July 24, 1998.

My eye wanders up the flower to the out-of-focus portion closest to the camera, and the effect is dissatisfying. Shallow depth of field only works when it captures the most fascinating element in the composition, and generally that means the leading edge of the subject.

-- Richard Shiell (rshiell@lightspeed.net), July 24, 1998.

Blurrs and soft focus and such like can make very beautiful images. This instance, however, simply looks like a mistake - that's the chance you take doing artsy photos unless you are very secure in your technique.

I am assuming that you are a beginner, if I am wrong, you can ignore me, but if I am right, I suggest that you try going the other way first: try getting well composed, well exposed and perfectly sharp images before going off into the wilds of blurrs, soft focus and shallow depth of field.

Frank

-- Frank Kolwicz (bb389@lafn.org), July 25, 1998.

I very much like the composition (and cropping) and the colours. There should have been something sharpness though. Don't get scared by smart guys telling you to get a technically perfect phot first, etc. Go your own way, judge yourself where you need to improve. I think you have a gift for photography.

-- Jana Mullerova (jam@terma.com), July 28, 1998.