Clear vs blur

sumball · 23rd August 2006

Simply two flowers.

tchuanye · 23rd August 2006

Interesting composition. Would be better if the foreground flower had more areas in focus.

princej · 23rd August 2006

Originally Posted by tchuanye

Interesting composition. Would be better if the foreground flower had more areas in focus.

Hi there,

I too seems to have the problem of getting more area to be in focus, appreciate if you can share the way to do it.

Am using D70.

Thanks.

tchuanye · 23rd August 2006

Originally Posted by princej

Hi there,

I too seems to have the problem of getting more area to be in focus, appreciate if you can share the way to do it.

Am using D70.

Thanks.

Well, its a control of the DOF. If its a macro lens, and is already at the working distance of the lens, than only way is use a smaller apeture....but that would lead to loss of light....so either use flash to compensate, or tripod mount and use longer exposure.

If its zoom lens, than zoom more, and with the same apeture setting, you get more DOF, and hopefully enought to cover the entire depth of flower.

princej · 23rd August 2006

Originally Posted by tchuanye

Well, its a control of the DOF. If its a macro lens, and is already at the working distance of the lens, than only way is use a smaller apeture....but that would lead to loss of light....so either use flash to compensate, or tripod mount and use longer exposure.

If its zoom lens, than zoom more, and with the same apeture setting, you get more DOF, and hopefully enought to cover the entire depth of flower.

Hi there,

Thanks alot for the tips and answer. Really appreciated it.

Will keep those in mind on my nex shoot.

cheers.

Lion king · 24th August 2006

CM, that cut off stem seemed to detract attention away from the orchid in the foreground.
Might looks cleaner if you were to crop away the Oof stem in the foreground.

sumball · 24th August 2006

Thanks CY and David.

CY: Windy day, non stop. Hence, wide aperture to get fast speed. Also to get rig of the messy background, therefore the shallow DOF.

David: Will see what I can do with it. Do you mean the white little thing there? This was shot at Sentosa near to the Pahlawan Beach and I dun think it is kinda Orchind because the roots are from the soil.

Thanks everyone.

Cheers!
CM

Outlook · 24th August 2006

Interesting composition. IMHO, if the two flowers are bit closer to each other, the link between them will be stronger.

Qazwer · 24th August 2006

Nice shot. But I feel the OOF flower behind has a nicer shape, isn't it?

23rd August 2006	#1
sumball Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4,224	Clear vs blur Simply two flowers.

23rd August 2006	#2
tchuanye Moderator Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 4,958	Re: Clear vs blur Interesting composition. Would be better if the foreground flower had more areas in focus. __________________ My Gallery: http://www.tchuanye.smugmug.com/ Eqpt: http://www.tchuanye.smugmug.com/gallery/271702

24th August 2006	#6
Lion king Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Singapore Posts: 518	Re: Clear vs blur CM, that cut off stem seemed to detract attention away from the orchid in the foreground. Might looks cleaner if you were to crop away the Oof stem in the foreground.

24th August 2006	#7
sumball Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 4,224	Re: Clear vs blur Thanks CY and David. CY: Windy day, non stop. Hence, wide aperture to get fast speed. Also to get rig of the messy background, therefore the shallow DOF. David: Will see what I can do with it. Do you mean the white little thing there? This was shot at Sentosa near to the Pahlawan Beach and I dun think it is kinda Orchind because the roots are from the soil. Thanks everyone. Cheers! CM

24th August 2006	#8
Outlook Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: West Posts: 2,007	Re: Clear vs blur Interesting composition. IMHO, if the two flowers are bit closer to each other, the link between them will be stronger. __________________ Photo@Multiply Photo@Fotopic

24th August 2006	#9
Qazwer Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: My beautiful earth Posts: 1,569	Re: Clear vs blur Nice shot. But I feel the OOF flower behind has a nicer shape, isn't it?