Ethereal Rose

[EdV]

Most of my experimenting of date has been stopped down trying for maximum detail in the flowers that I have been photographing. This time I went to other extreme shooting wide open, handheld, natural light trying to attain an ethereal, dreamy quality for the rose. How did I do?

http://i148.photobucket.com/albums/s1/EdV_02/0803__099.jpg

[akprice]

i love the composition, but it looks noisy and a litte oof. what was your settings?

[EdV]

i love the composition, but it looks noisy and a litte oof. what was your settings?

Thanks for the feedback.

Image was shot at 1/60 sec at f/2.8; ISO 400; EC=0; No Flash

Image was cropped to 8x10.

I think what you see as oof is the "ethereal" look that I was trying for by shooting close-up (actually 1:1) at f/2.8. The innermost edge and the edge to the left are in the same plane and, I think, in focus. The rest is outside the dof and looking oof.

Make sense? :confused:

[LordV]

Rather like it - just enough in focus to hold my interest :)
Brian V.

[EdV]

Rather like it - just enough in focus to hold my interest :)
Brian V.

Thanks, Brian. Appreciate the feedback. You have framed the real issue here... Is there enough in focus at f/2.8 to hold the viewers' interest.

Other thoughts?