Dew on the Thistle: Captured this thistle in soft morning light using a reflector. ISO 250 f/3.2 1/160 second exposure...

Nightski

Captured this thistle in soft morning light using a reflector.
ISO 250
f/3.2
1/160 second exposure

Country's Mama Loc: Michigan

I think it is very pretty. Your selective focus draws you right to the dew. I am a little distracted by the infocus leaf. I think it should be as soft as the rest of the background. I also wish you had checked store original. :)

Nightski

Thank you, Judy. I thought that about the in focus leaf as well. I should have blurred it.

AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!

I'm thinking about the leaf. I'm not sure about blurring it. Because it's not ALL sharp, it is semi-blurred already. I think I sort of like that. I really like the lines of the leaves, and the circle of the flower makes sort of a loop in the line. The bokeh is beautiful.

chaman

The main issue here is that the whole image is not sharp. Despite the effective use of DOF the image just lacks detail. If you didnt mentioned in the title the dew I honestly would have failed to see it at all. I would have avoided the use of AUTO ISO and would have taken full control also. The SS speed is perhaps the reason as to the overall softness specially if it was handheld. Of course all that lack of detail could have been secondary to compression issues when posted in the net.

Nightski

chaman wrote:

The main issue here is that the whole image is not sharp. Despite the effective use of DOF the image just lacks detail. If you didnt mentioned in the title the dew I honestly would have failed to see it at all. I would have avoided the use of AUTO ISO and would have taken full control also. The SS speed is perhaps the reason as to the overall softness specially if it was handheld. Of course all that lack of detail could have been secondary to compression issues when posted in the net.

I didn't use auto ISO, but thank you for your comments Oscar. Much appreciated.

mcveed Loc: Kelowna, British Columbia (between trips)

Sandra, Its a shame you didn't attach the original. Everything looks good but in the thumbnail I can't see anything sharp on the flower. That isn't a killer though, Freeman Patterson made a whole career out of OOF flowers and grass. Can you repost with the original? Or is that against the rules?
Don