Dog Daisy

[Meerkat17]

Comment and Critique are welcome...

[Mannytkd]

Very pretty.....did you a shallow DOF or have you kept the centre sharp in photoshop and blured the rest......just a thought because i like the way its done.

[Meerkat17]

I got most of it in focus as that's what I was wanting - however when I looked at the images most of the foreground petals were out of focus so I hightened that in PS to include the other petals - it was very much an experiment which I think has worked - that's why I asked for Critique and Comment.

Cheers

[weemannie]

David, I think its lovely. The out of focus petals really give the image that special feel.

BTW following on from our PMs' about dogs eating habits, 'dog daisy' is a polite description of dog poo! :lol: :lol:

[Meerkat17]

BTW following on from our PMs' about dogs eating habits, 'dog daisy' is a polite description of dog poo! :lol: :lol:

I hope you realise that I am now restraining myself from doing the obvious when I take the dogs for their next walk!:evil: ;) Too much information anyway!

Regards

PS Thanks for the comments:D

[lomond]

Beautiful shot David.
I like it a lot. The PS adjustments work well.
The yellow center ( I don't know the correct terminology ) and the white petals stand out well from the darker background.

I was wondering how it might look if the petals in the focal plane were kept sharp to suggest a narrow DOF.
As it stands the yellow center is sharp and all the petals blurred.

Just a thought :?

Best regards,

[Meerkat17]

Thanks Cameron,

Here's the original file - all I've done to this is re-size & convert to SRGB for the web and sharpen it slightly.

You can see that I did very little in Photoshop.

Regards

[weemannie's wifey]

David, I like what you've done with the image - the sharpness of the flower centre draws the eye in. It's an interesting effect having all the petals out of focus - I like it as a technique.

I love Daisies, they always have such happy faces :D


:p hubby's comments about dog poo, he always complains that women end up talking about dog poo, and I log on to find he's doing the same :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[Meerkat17]

Thanks for the comments Nicki, I'm please you like the overall effect.
Yeah you are going to have to watch the hubby of your's...sure did put me off my breakfast this morning!
Best Regards
David