100L fun

Not a 100% accurate test but fun never the less.

Think this falls in a "personal preference" category. Wide open or stopped down?

@F/2.8

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I the one at f8

Personally I love the first one better, but both are beautiful shots

ChristopherMadison wrote in post #16205813
I the one at f8

grism13 wrote in post #16205815
Personally I love the first one better, but both are beautiful shots

Splendid! Thanks for playing

F8 for me
Brian v

I'll got for f/8 as well.

PS: I would try to clone out all the pollen particles on the white leafs, it will be time consuming, but the resulting pure white leafs should provide even more impact.

f/8 for me also

I much rather the second one.

At a push, the second one at F8 but I also like the first one.

Linda

I like them both... I usually like something between f/4 and f/5 for middle shots like this, however. I think 2.8 is just a bit too narrow DoF. I will say, however, that these are much better then the first shot of that hybrid. Just lovely!

I like both, I would go for the second one (f/8) because the centre of the flower is sharp, however part of that sharpness difference is the flower angle.

F8 for me too!

F8 for me.

Thank you everyone for your comments on this, think what I shall do is actually set up the tripod and redo this and try varying apertures to try and find the "right" balance. I feel a bit more partial to the composition of #1 so think that's the angle I'll test at. Thanks again all

something between the 2