BlueFlower

[Kaylesh]

Looking for any comments,critiques .. good/bad/indifferant. Really any feedback at all is appreciated.
Took this earlier today. Only thing done was a bit of cropping of the original.
Thanks in Advance
Kaylesh

[Jwreich]

That looks a little soft to me.

[MCB]

Yeah, I agree. A bit soft. Maybe you can increase the contrast a bit and use a little unsharp mask. It's a great looking flower though. If you can, moving that other flower from behind it would be good. Maybe bend it off to the side a little while you take the shot. Having just the one flower surrounded by green would be better (if possible).

[Kaylesh]

Thanks for the honest critiques.. I'll have to play about with photoshop.. I'm pretty crap with it but hey gotta learn somehow eh? Again thanks:-)
Kaylesh

[jfrancho]

I'm not sure PS is going to save this one. It looks like the focus point was just behind the petals. USM is just going to make that that part sharper. I don't think the other flowers matter much, it comes down to judgement and preference. I would reshoot at a higher f/stop, something that will get the entire flower in the DOF. It may help to use an online DOF calculator (http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html). I would also highly reccommend a tripod, and use of fill flash. If you are using a SLR, then Av (Aperture Priority mode) will make all of this easy.

[Kaylesh]

Thanks for your comments jfracho. Guess my focus point was off on this one. I'll have to try shooting at a higher F stop.. Was using my Canon Powershot A75.. Would love to be able to afford a proper DSLR but its not gonna be in the near future.. Did make me wish i had my Pentax K1000 with me instead of leaving it at the flat.. Ohhh well. We are never totally happy eh?:-).
Thanks again for taking the time to comment.
Kayelsh

[jfrancho]

Was using my Canon Powershot A75Now that I know that, is it possible that you may have been just a few inches too close? Check the minimum focus distance, before fiddling with the aperture. I gave my parents an A85 as a present back in April, so I have some experience with a similar model, and I can confirm that you should be able to take a great flower shot with your A75. That series is a useful bunch of cameras. You can take a look at my friend's site (http://erteng.smugmug.com/2005), he uses an A95. Good luck, and repost the results.

[Kaylesh]

Aye i have gotten some good results with my A75 and to be honest i don't remember how close i was.. But it is quite possible i was too close. Here is a link to one of my other flower pics which i think came out quite well if i do sayso myself :-)
http://www.ephotozine.com/gallery/showlargepic.cfm?photoid=221536
Again thanks for the comments they are appreciated.
Kaylesh

[jfrancho]

That's really nice.