Rev said:hope U dont take this the wrong way, but I'd crop it into a portrait orientation, add a little contrast
got any macro shots?
reno77 said:Hi Melvin, here are my critiques for the shot.
1. The flower would look better with all the petals intact, but I guess that's impossible to find the open.. got to try in the indoor greenhouses at Botanic gardens.
2. Go closer and use a shallower depth of field to blur the backgroud, the pic was taken at F5, use aperture priority and take at F2.8, if some parts of the flower are blur , go 1 step higher.
3. Was this taken yesterday afternoon? It was a cloudy day tus the lighting is flat. Flower shots (actually all shots) are best taken in the morning and evening when there is orangey light.
4. The pic looks a bit blur, use a higher shutter speed, if you use a f2.8 shutter the camera will automatically increase the shutter speed.
Here's one I took yesterday, not very sharp actually because it was swaying in the wind. Just to show the shallow depth of field effect.
melvin said:Thanks rainman for ur advice!
Will take note of composition hope will come up with better pict next time round till then hope for ur precious advice!
Me shooting with normal lens only got to learn to walk before running rite?
reno77 said:Hi Melvin, here are my critiques for the shot.
1. The flower would look better with all the petals intact, but I guess that's impossible to find the open.. got to try in the indoor greenhouses at Botanic gardens.
2. Go closer and use a shallower depth of field to blur the backgroud, the pic was taken at F5, use aperture priority and take at F2.8, if some parts of the flower are blur , go 1 step higher.
3. Was this taken yesterday afternoon? It was a cloudy day tus the lighting is flat. Flower shots (actually all shots) are best taken in the morning and evening when there is orangey light.
4. The pic looks a bit blur, use a higher shutter speed, if you use a f2.8 shutter the camera will automatically increase the shutter speed.
Here's one I took yesterday, not very sharp actually because it was swaying in the wind. Just to show the shallow depth of field effect.
Pranadewa said:Hello Reno77,
Did you use 50mm f2.8 macro lens? I noticed that your f-stop is F13. Dude, that lens must be macro lens right? That's one beautiful image.
Regards,
Pranadewa
elhire said:is it possible to try for a bokeh effect if the camera does not offer manual focus but only aperture and shutter priority?
thanks.