Flower

kel1ng · 30th August 2007

Was at at Chua Chu Kang orchid nursery last Saturday. Was trying out some macro shots on flowers on bright daylight........as i am still relatively new in photography, i am posting a macro shot and asking for advises on this shot to improve myself........many, many thanks in advance......

Shot taken on a canon S5IS under super macro mode.
1/640 f4.0 ISO:80 WB:auto

2.8photography · 31st August 2007

sry, but i really dont see an outstanding focal point in your pic. you could have focused on only one of the flowers, thus eliminating other distractions. (i dont think you could do that this close on your PnS). otherwise, the DOF is nice and sharp, and the colours not too bad

reaper3075 · 31st August 2007

Originally Posted by 2.8photography

sry, but i really dont see an outstanding focal point in your pic. you could have focused on only one of the flowers, thus eliminating other distractions. (i dont think you could do that this close on your PnS). otherwise, the DOF is nice and sharp, and the colours not too bad

he's using a prosumer.. not a PnS..

anyway ur rite.. should have went closer... background is messy and distracting.

grumpy · 31st August 2007

Too many distracting elements. If the center flower is your main subject, maybe cropping it during post processing may help.

yehosaphat · 1st September 2007

Pic is too distracting with the messy background... use a smaller f stop! Keep shooting

kel1ng · 1st September 2007

Thanks to all the advice given......going closer to the flower will be a bit difficult as my lens was already about 2cm away from it....the size of each flower is about less then a cm in diameter......maybe will try to crop the pic n see how.....will also try smaller f stop to see whether i could isolate this flower from the rest......do not really noe the limitation of the S5IS......will keep on shooting......again:many, many thanks again for all the good advice.......by the way just a pic to show u guys how the actual stalk of flower looks like(I hope the moderators here won't mind)

by posting this pic i hope that bros or sis here could give me more suggestions to improve my shots............

30th August 2007	#1
kel1ng Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 176	Flower Was at at Chua Chu Kang orchid nursery last Saturday. Was trying out some macro shots on flowers on bright daylight........as i am still relatively new in photography, i am posting a macro shot and asking for advises on this shot to improve myself........many, many thanks in advance...... Shot taken on a canon S5IS under super macro mode. 1/640 f4.0 ISO:80 WB:auto Last edited by kel1ng; 30th August 2007 at 08:45 PM.

31st August 2007	#2
2.8photography Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 718	Re: Flower sry, but i really dont see an outstanding focal point in your pic. you could have focused on only one of the flowers, thus eliminating other distractions. (i dont think you could do that this close on your PnS). otherwise, the DOF is nice and sharp, and the colours not too bad

31st August 2007	#4
grumpy Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 1,506	Re: Flower Too many distracting elements. If the center flower is your main subject, maybe cropping it during post processing may help.

1st September 2007	#5
yehosaphat Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: North Posts: 2,605	Re: Flower Pic is too distracting with the messy background... use a smaller f stop! Keep shooting __________________ Canon 5D mkII\|24-105mm F4 IS L\|70-200mm F4 IS L\|580EX\|and more coming! :P

1st September 2007	#6
kel1ng Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 176	Re: Flower Thanks to all the advice given......going closer to the flower will be a bit difficult as my lens was already about 2cm away from it....the size of each flower is about less then a cm in diameter......maybe will try to crop the pic n see how.....will also try smaller f stop to see whether i could isolate this flower from the rest......do not really noe the limitation of the S5IS......will keep on shooting......again:many, many thanks again for all the good advice.......by the way just a pic to show u guys how the actual stalk of flower looks like(I hope the moderators here won't mind) by posting this pic i hope that bros or sis here could give me more suggestions to improve my shots............ Last edited by kel1ng; 1st September 2007 at 11:11 AM.