Once the scourge of orange groves. Lantana was once a nightmare for grove owners in Florida before the advent of RoundupI keep it as a large bush in my back yardit blooms most of...

Archy Loc: Lake Hamilton, Florida

Lantana was once a nightmare for grove owners in Florida before the advent of RoundupI keep it as a large bush in my back yardit blooms most of the year..

photophly Loc: Old Bridge NJ

Like the color against the green......nice shot

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

Why is it bad for orange growers?

Archy Loc: Lake Hamilton, Florida

tainkc wrote:

Why is it bad for orange growers?

It was bad for growers because lantana is such a prolific grower and was hard to control in the grovesbut when the growers started to use the herbicide Roundup the problem was eradicated.

tainkc Loc: Kansas City

Archy wrote:

tainkc wrote:

Why is it bad for orange growers?

It was bad for growers because lantana is such a prolific grower and was hard to control in the grovesbut when the growers started to use the herbicide Roundup the problem was eradicated.

Thank you for the info.

SuKai Loc: California

Its one of my favorite flowering bushes I like the little square buds before they bloom very nice shot.

MtnMan Loc: ID

Nice.

But I can't help offering a little photo feedback. I find the out of focus flowers in the right foreground distracting.

If you want them in the photo a higher f-stop would give you more depth of field so they are in focus too.

Otherwise I'd be inclined to crop them out of what you have. If you can't get a good crop that excludes them completely then I might clone out or at least darken whatever is left.

Archy wrote:

Lantana was once a nightmare for grove owners in Florida before the advent of RoundupI keep it as a large bush in my back yardit blooms most of the year..

Archy Loc: Lake Hamilton, Florida

MtnMan wrote:

Nice.

But I can't help offering a little photo feedback. I find the out of focus flowers in the right foreground distracting.

If you want them in the photo a higher f-stop would give you more depth of field so they are in focus too.

Otherwise I'd be inclined to crop them out of what you have. If you can't get a good crop that excludes them completely then I might clone out or at least darken whatever is left.

Thanks for the info...will try a higher f-stop the next time........

Archy Loc: Lake Hamilton, Florida

MtnMan wrote:

Nice.

But I can't help offering a little photo feedback. I find the out of focus flowers in the right foreground distracting.

If you want them in the photo a higher f-stop would give you more depth of field so they are in focus too.

Otherwise I'd be inclined to crop them out of what you have. If you can't get a good crop that excludes them completely then I might clone out or at least darken whatever is left.

f-11

f-22

MtnMan Loc: ID

I really like the first one!

On the second one your point of focus is a bit far back. Notice how sharp the background leaf on the upper left is. If the focus was in the mid of the flower you'd have the whole flower in focus...more than in the front one.

To get an idea check out:

http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html

Archy wrote:

MtnMan wrote:

Nice.

But I can't help offering a little photo feedback. I find the out of focus flowers in the right foreground distracting.

If you want them in the photo a higher f-stop would give you more depth of field so they are in focus too.

Otherwise I'd be inclined to crop them out of what you have. If you can't get a good crop that excludes them completely then I might clone out or at least darken whatever is left.

Archy Loc: Lake Hamilton, Florida

MtnMan wrote:

I really like the first one!

On the second one your point of focus is a bit far back. Notice how sharp the background leaf on the upper left is. If the focus was in the mid of the flower you'd have the whole flower in focus...more than in the front one.

To get an idea check out:

http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html

Thanks again for the info...my focus in the second photo was on the bee..............

MtnMan Loc: ID

Ahhh...I see. The leaf on the upper left is closer to us than the flower. I thought it was behind it. Something about the angle is still putting the flowers to the right out of focus. Check out the DOF calculator and consider it relative to the angle you are using.

The Exif data shows an f-stop of 0. Wonder what that's about?

Archy wrote:

MtnMan wrote:

I really like the first one!

On the second one your point of focus is a bit far back. Notice how sharp the background leaf on the upper left is. If the focus was in the mid of the flower you'd have the whole flower in focus...more than in the front one.

To get an idea check out:

http://www.dofmaster.com/dofjs.html

Thanks again for the info...my focus in the second photo was on the bee..............

Archy Loc: Lake Hamilton, Florida

MtnMan wrote:

Ahhh...I see. The leaf on the upper left is closer to us than the flower. I thought it was behind it. Something about the angle is still putting the flowers to the right out of focus. Check out the DOF calculator and consider it relative to the angle you are using.

The Exif data shows an f-stop of 0. Wonder what that's about

I was using a manual lens (Star-D 1:4.5 80-205mm made in Korea) I previously used on my Pentax K-1000...perhaps that is why the data showed an f-stop of 0...........

Archy Loc: Lake Hamilton, Florida

MtnMan wrote:

Something about the angle is still putting the flowers to the right out of focus.

The angle is slightly downward and the flowers to the right are a tad closer to the camera than the ones that are in focus

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

Archy wrote:

Lantana was once a nightmare for grove owners in Florida before the advent of RoundupI keep it as a large bush in my back yardit blooms most of the year..

Very nice shallow DOF - beautiful flowers, very nice work.