three more potential pics for my final. hi everyone.. i will be taking more than just nature pics.. but for my first ten.. i had access to nature!! your critiques are much appreciated.

lacedghost

hi everyone.. i will be taking more than just nature pics.. but for my first ten.. i had access to nature!! your critiques are much appreciated. i used a 55-300mm lens for the six pics i've posted. thanx.

notnoBuddha

Well - if you want to know the truth, and If I recall who you are and your earlier post, and if you want to know the truth - oh; I guess I already went over that..... all three of these lack focus / sharpness at the very least which is not a plus, unless it was intentional - if which case you did a nice job. On the otherhand I'm not real sharp either. I am some what curious why you used such a long zoom to take pictures of flowers, unless that is what you have, period.

lacedghost

totally agree about the lack of sharpness... the wind was blowing so in some ways i was hoping to depict the movement.. guess i failed.. i have three lenses but unfortunately a macro isn't one of them..yet... so i was "playing " with my 55-300... getting the feel of it.

thank you so much for your opinion. i really appreciate that you took the time to look at my pics. :)

notnoBuddha wrote:

Well - if you want to know the truth, and If I recall who you are and your earlier post, and if you want to know the truth - oh; I guess I already went over that..... all three of these lack focus / sharpness at the very least which is not a plus, unless it was intentional - if which case you did a nice job. On the otherhand I'm not real sharp either. I am some what curious why you used such a long zoom to take pictures of flowers, unless that is what you have, period.

MtnMan Loc: ID

You can get pretty sharp with the 55-300.

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rpavich Loc: West Virginia

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Here is my suggestion: download MTNMN's photo and study what he did. This is textbook great flower photo.

The lighting, the sharpness, the arrangement/composition, the background...this is a good shot and one worth emulating.

Don't feel like I'm dumping on you...my flower shots don't rise to this level either.

Bkh42 Loc: N.I. UK

I like these three

They are very artistic

Keep at it

I am not a very good photographer myself but I keep trying and love being inspired by other's work

Country's Mama Loc: Michigan

I think if you are trying to show motion you would be better off backing off a bit and have something stationary in focus with the flowers blurred by the wind.