Taken using my new to me Nikon D5500. AFS Nikkor 18-55mm VRII, f9, 1/320s, ISO 125, -0.3EV No post.
Jbrustrom wrote:
Taken using my new to me Nikon D5500. AFS Nikkor 18-55mm VRII, f9, 1/320s, ISO 125, -0.3EV No post.
Nice shot thanx for sharing!
Construction is diagonal starting at 1/3 and ending at the upper right at 1/3. The color scheme is uniformly pink spring throughout. The main subject is well supported by the out-of-focus [Bokeh].
Lighting, some may say too shadowed. Adding a reflecting surface below the branch, or using fill flash would have squelched that lighting criticism, however, as-is gives a being there feeling.
abc1234
Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois
This picture is a teaching moment. The colors and flowers are gorgeous. The composition might benefit from having fewer flowers as the center of attention. Limiting the brightness range from sunlit petals to those in a shadow might also bring out a center of interest. Because of these reasons, I prefer to shoot flowers on overcast days to avoid that harsh lighting. One technical matter. The flowers appear slightly out of focus. This could be due to low lens quality, subject or camera movement, or simply being out of focus.
I use two other tricks when shooting flowers. I go to my 70-200 lens and work at 200. This increases the bokeh. Finally, I had a little negative vignette to pop the flower out of the background.
This beautiful image would have benefited greatly by having a sheet of black card stock held behind the sprig of blossoms.
Very nice but, as mentioned above, a bit out of focus. Distracting. more light on the shadowed blossoms would be perfect.
abc1234
Loc: Elk Grove Village, Illinois
rdgreenwood wrote:
This beautiful image would have benefited greatly by having a sheet of black card stock held behind the sprig of blossoms.
That can be hard at times. What I have done is to use flash. I set the camera to full manual mode: 1/200, f/8, ISO 400. Take a test shot without the flash. Everything should be underexposed. I then add the flash in manual mode and adjust the output until the flowers look good.
Working with a tripod helps a lot. I also put a diffuser on the flash and tilt it upward at about 45 degrees to soften the flash.
Would it help you guys to know that this was shot while in a car with the window down, waiting for a stop light to change? Your above suggestions are good, but in this case, totally impractical.
Jbrustrom wrote:
Would it help you guys to know that this was shot while in a car with the window down, waiting for a stop light to change? Your above suggestions are good, but in this case, totally impractical.
That’s a totally different situation.
SX2002
Loc: Adelaide, South Australia
I don't think it needs any fill flash but it could be sharper...it appears to be quite out of focus on my monitor...a beautiful shot though...
Ron.
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