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Rudi
23rd of May 2003 (Fri), 23:07
... from the backyard, yesterday:

http://www.users.bigpond.com/ruda/CRW_0684C.jpg
new girl on the bloc
24th of May 2003 (Sat), 00:31
I love this photo - the colors of the flower with the butterfly are amazing. However, I would like to see it cropped tighter with more emphasis on the flower and butterfly. I think that would show it off in a spectacular way.
SoCal69
24th of May 2003 (Sat), 03:04
My sentiments exactly... everthing is great...just crop it in nice and tight.
pappy
24th of May 2003 (Sat), 07:43
It is a beautiful photo.

Regards,
Peter
Conk
24th of May 2003 (Sat), 12:59
Very nice. However a tighter crop would ruin the composition. Rule of thirds also would mean for there to be a touch more background above the flower but that would likely mean a black empty distraction. It may work for there to be more below but I like it the way it is.
Great photo Rudi.
new girl on the bloc
24th of May 2003 (Sat), 19:49
Not familiar with the "rule of thirds". But then I do not feel that rules apply to art. I would just love to see the main subject bigger - in all of it's glory!
Conk
24th of May 2003 (Sat), 20:23
New girl
Here is a link that you might find useful. :)http://www.betterphoto.com/exploring/tips/thirds.asp
Rudi
24th of May 2003 (Sat), 21:41
Colin,

Thanks for sticking up for me! :D

Just kidding, folks! BTW, I have tried different crops, but in the end I left it as it was out-of-camera, since I liked it best that way. I intentionally shot it this way, and you're right, Colin: the background - it's not very pretty above this frame! :eyes
Rudi
24th of May 2003 (Sat), 21:43
new girl on the bloc wrote:
Not familiar with the "rule of thirds". But then I do not feel that rules apply to art. I would just love to see the main subject bigger - in all of it's glory!

What you see on your screen is actually much larger than what the flower and butterfly are in real life. I've tried other crops, but they did not work for me, so I left it as it was.
CyberDyneSystems
24th of May 2003 (Sat), 22:05
Rudi,. Wow,.. amazing photo. That is definately the type of photo I dream of.
new girl on the bloc
25th of May 2003 (Sun), 00:39
Rudi wrote:
new girl on the bloc wrote:
Not familiar with the "rule of thirds". But then I do not feel that rules apply to art. I would just love to see the main subject bigger - in all of it's glory!

What you see on your screen is actually much larger than what the flower and butterfly are in real life. I've tried other crops, but they did not work for me, so I left it as it was.

then it's perfect, as is!
new girl on the bloc
25th of May 2003 (Sun), 00:42
conk wrote:
New girl
Here is a link that you might find useful. :)http://www.betterphoto.com/exploring/tips/thirds.asp

Thanks for the link - my photography teacher tells his students basically the same thing, not to have things centered in the photo. But there are exceptions to every rule.

I've seen many fantastic photographs with subjects that are smack dab in the middle of the photo. But it is true, sometimes off centering the subject is the way to go. When it comes to macro shots, which is what I was interested in seeing with this photo, you could easily throw the thirds rule out the window and crop in tight and get up close.
Conk
25th of May 2003 (Sun), 02:36
That's right new girl. What ever works.
Rudi
25th of May 2003 (Sun), 09:09
CyberDyneSystems wrote:
Rudi,. Wow,.. amazing photo. That is definately the type of photo I dream of.

Thanks! :)