Large-leaved Aster (Eurybia macrophylla) Marlborough Forest, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Your opinion? Large-leaved Aster
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I don't know what to think of this picture - it has a great potential but to me there are 2 things to mention:
1/ it's neither too cropped or to wide as a framing
2/ it kinda lacks of sharpness for the heart of the flower.
We shall wait and see what others might have to say about it.
Best of luck.
1/ it's neither too cropped or to wide as a framing
2/ it kinda lacks of sharpness for the heart of the flower.
We shall wait and see what others might have to say about it.
Best of luck.
Thank you so very much for your comments and insight...still working on the flower photos
It looks easy to take flower pictures ... But in real it's not so easy ^^ Many factors must be taken : Type of flower, DOF, how tall is it, bokeh ...
Greg Shchepanek The colours in this are promising as far as colour contrast, the light seems underexposed and i say that not so much because i think the photo may be dark but because you are at f3.5. You are at 1/60 sec shutter so you cant squeeze much more light out that either for handheld - for tripod answer is easy, slow down shutter speed.For handheld a flash here may be your best options, apart from raising your ISO and risk noise. The flash will also allow you to increase DOF. Keep in mind your working distance and how it affects your DOF, as you get closer your DOF is rapidly decreasing and your chances of hitting focus are droping since you get about 3mm of DOF at 1:1 magnifaction at f3.5. Like all things photography there is a trade off for getting closer and the workaround is to either use higher f/stops or learn focus stacking. F3.5 may cover a flat object like a coin at around 1:1 but it wont do for a rounded object like this flower center.
In conclusion my recomended settings for this photo would be more like this : f/7 (at least, maybe more depending how much bokeh you want on the white petals) and flash. Use an external light, like a LED or torch (if your flash has it a modelling light works)to hit focus if youre struggling to hit sharp focus (specially with AF in low light) once you increase DOF, turn off light before flash fire and shoot. This photo has potential so i hope my info helps.
Cheers
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Fantastic information and help
For handheld a flash here may be your best options, apart from raising your ISO and risk noise. The flash will also allow you to increase DOF. Keep in mind your working distance and how it affects your DOF, as you get closer your DOF is rapidly decreasing and your chances of hitting focus are droping since you get about 3mm of DOF at 1:1 magnifaction at f3.5. Like all things photography there is a trade off for getting closer and the workaround is to either use higher f/stops or learn focus stacking. F3.5 may cover a flat object like a coin at around 1:1 but it wont do for a rounded object like this flower center.
In conclusion my recomended settings for this photo would be more like this : f/7 (at least, maybe more depending how much bokeh you want on the white petals) and flash. Use an external light, like a LED or torch (if your flash has it a modelling light works)to hit focus if youre struggling to hit sharp focus (specially with AF in low light) once you increase DOF, turn off light before flash fire and shoot. This photo has potential so i hope my info helps.
Cheers
Chavezshutter thank you so very much I can't wait to put this to practice and get better flower photos 