Sentosa Flower Show 2006 - my take :)

[fengwei]

Hi All,

Went to the flower show a couple of days ago, I was so impressed by the amount and variety of flowers displayed there. Took a lot photos, including some macros too. Here I'd like to share some of the flower pics I like. Hope you like them too:

 

[fengwei]

 

[fengwei]

All shots were taken by Pentax *istDs and one of the three lenses: DA 16-45/4, DFA100/2.8 macro and FA*200/2.8. You can check the EXIF in each file if interested.

I uploaded alot more here:
http://photobucket.com/albums/c247/fengwei2006/FlowerShow/

Comments and suggestions are welcome.

Thanks and cheers.

 

[Reno]

Oh man...!! Love your shots...!! :thumbsup:

 

[fengwei]

Oh man...!! Love your shots...!! :thumbsup:

Thanks Reno Glad you like them.

Cheers.

 

[melvynyeo]

Ouch... very sharp! Though I'm real lousy with flowers, I've seen some excellent shots of flowers using very shallow DOF. You might want to experiment. ;p

 

[fengwei]

Ouch... very sharp! Though I'm real lousy with flowers, I've seen some excellent shots of flowers using very shallow DOF. You might want to experiment. ;p

Thanks Melvyn. Personally I'd like to keep as much part of the flower within DOF as possible, but I'd try some shallow DOF ones next time Thanks for the comment and suggestion.

Cheers.

 

[ziedrich]

wow, the blue lily is simply breath taking. lilies r one of the most beautiful flowers i've ever seen................................

i like the way u control the dof to be sharp enough for the whole lily to be in focus, yet blur enough for the background to be clean and simple :thumbsup:

 

[fengwei]

wow, the blue lily is simply breath taking. lilies r one of the most beautiful flowers i've ever seen................................

i like the way u control the dof to be sharp enough for the whole lily to be in focus, yet blur enough for the background to be clean and simple :thumbsup:

Thanks for the commnts. I love those beautiful lilies too. Glad you like the way I shot.


Well, the frames maybe a bit too tight after seeing some of others takes. Overall I'm quite happy with them too

Cheers.

 

[~Arcanic~]

i agree with what u said about your tight framing..

but they are :thumbsup: nonetheless... i like them!

 

[Outlook]

Gooood pics. Like them all.

 

[fengwei]

i agree with what u said about your tight framing..

but they are :thumbsup: nonetheless... i like them!

Thanks. Glad you like them. Guess sometimes we should try something different...

 

[fengwei]

Gooood pics. Like them all.

Thanks I like to use tight composition when shooting flowers, and this works well for water lilies I think (at least in my eyes). But for the others, a better use of DOF with loose frame might be even better.

Glad you like them though.

Cheers.

 

[tchuanye]

Nice series! Wah...you can take insects, birds and now flowers liow!

Enjoyed the bee shots most.

For #1 pic, if the bottom white flowers are crop out, would it better? I thought if left with only the reds and yellows in the frame would be interesting.
CY

 

[ortega]

nice series, especially the lilies

 

[fengwei]

nice series, especially the lilies

Thanks Ortega I like those lilies too

Cheers,

 

[John Tan]

Wow...I like the lilies series a lot...great work!...I myself shoot mostly on lilies and sunflowers when I was there as they have bee flying around...not so boring...

 

[fengwei]

Wow...I like the lilies series a lot...great work!...I myself shoot mostly on lilies and sunflowers when I was there as they have bee flying around...not so boring...

Thanks John. Glad you like those lilies too I got some bee-on-sunflower shots too, but felt the color contrast isn't there, and the bees just don't look as nice as they realy were when I saw them.

Here are two of my takes:

Still need alot practices shooting flowers and macros ...

Cheers.