Close-ups

[Flowerpot]

Hi guys,

Playing around with my new lens at the weekend....whaddyathink?

#1

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1267/1186346880_a1d0e35658.jpg?v=0

#2

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1075/1185483681_0cc6110463.jpg?v=0

#3

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1417/1186341884_78c58aec00.jpg?v=0

Any C & C?

[Pete]

The first one is most interesting to me, the other ones less so. Not sure why, but they don't appeal to me that much.

Clone out that bit of dirt on the top one though.

[dennytang]

I think the last one needs either more or less depth of field. It looks more like a mistake than something intentional (such as very blurry or precisely sharp pedals).

[Robert_Lay]

#1, the B&W, seems to have flat highlights with no detail. However, the histogram shows that the highlights are not clipped.

My guess is that the highlights were blown out, in fact, but that the image was post processed to reduce the higher values. I could not be sure without having access to the image direct from the camera.

#2 is very nice.

#3 is sharp in only a small area. I feel that it needs a greater depth of field to make it pleasing to the eye.