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rmm0605 Loc: Atlanta GA

Pablo_B wrote:

Learning hopefully, i shot these recently am i on the right track

Welcome to "the HOG!" Your second photo isn't in focus. The main issue is depth of field. You need to close down the lens aperture to about f8 and focus slightly behind the leading petals. That way the whole flower will be in focus. Otherwise, your shots look good!

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

Pablo_B wrote:

Learning hopefully, i shot these recently am i on the right track

I would say yes. Nice shots.

bkellyusa Loc: Nashville, TN

rmm0605 wrote:

Welcome to "the HOG!" Your second photo isn't in focus. The main issue is depth of field. You need to close down the lens aperture to about f8 and focus slightly behind the leading petals. That way the whole flower will be in focus. Otherwise, your shots look good!

John,

I am not an expert or a critic and I want to encourage you as much as I can but I have to agree with this comment. In looking at number 2 my eye just couldn't settle on what the intended focus point was in this otherwise beautiful photograph. When I first started learning photography I spent all of my time learning how to manually operate the camera and learn all of its features only to finally come to the conclusion that getting the camera to focus on exactly what I wanted it to might be the most important skill of all. With "Auto-Focus" being so sophisticated these days I think it is easy to assume that the camera knows best most of the time but in my experience that isn't always true. As I understand it now when you are in some of the "Auto-Focus" modes your camera has to choose between what is the brightest object and what is the closest object in the image you want to photograph and sometimes it chooses something different than what you intended. Even with "Auto-Focus" you still have to make sure it is focusing precisely on the part of the image you want to feature. I think it will benefit your photography greatly to study up on all of the focusing modes on your camera. Choosing between Multi, Center and Spot can make a huge difference in controlling the focus to suit your needs. Also using "Flexible Spot" can be a huge advantage as well. When I first bought my A6000 it was the first full featured camera I ever owned and it has taken me a couple of years to learn how to use it. In fact, I am still learning.

Otherwise I think your photos are generally excellent. I am impressed at how much you seem to have learned so quickly. Judging from the results you are getting already you should be able to learn to use your camera fully in a fraction of the time it took me.

I wish you much success. You're already off to a great start.

Pablo_B Loc: UK

Thanks for the advice.

dennisallard wrote:

There's no wrong track. Find what subjects you like and pursue them.

Pablo_B Loc: UK

Good advice, thankyou.

John N wrote:

You just keep shooting away at everything and anything. You'll find your track. The Judge, judging the first competition I entered said to me "If you like it, that's all that really matters".
Get out and enjoy!

Pablo_B Loc: UK

Thankyou.

repleo wrote:

You are exploring - mid-range / macro; b&W / color; texture; contrast; You are definitely on the right track. Maybe think a bit more about composition. As somebody once told me - the center is reserved for God and God doesn't show up very often.

Pablo_B Loc: UK

Thanks for viewing.

Carolina Wings wrote:

Welcome to the forum Pablo...nice set

Pablo_B Loc: UK

Thanks for the welcome and the advice.

rmm0605 wrote:

Welcome to "the HOG!" Your second photo isn't in focus. The main issue is depth of field. You need to close down the lens aperture to about f8 and focus slightly behind the leading petals. That way the whole flower will be in focus. Otherwise, your shots look good!

Pablo_B Loc: UK

Thankyou very much for the advice it is very helpful and i will start looking up and hopefully learning something about the focus modes of the camera.Thanks again.

bkellyusa wrote:

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