Crocus - What do you think? Found black poster board for background and set up the tripod. I usually handhold, so heeded all the advice about using a tripod. I did slightly crop the...

Mary1946 Loc: Minnesota

Found black poster board for background and set up the tripod. I usually handhold, so heeded all the advice about using a tripod.
I did slightly crop the first two and sharpened all of them. No other editing done.

What do you think about these?

mollymolly Loc: In the heart of the Everglades.

Whatever you did keep doing it because you did it right! Beautiful!

Bmac Loc: Long Island, NY

mollymolly wrote:

Whatever you did keep doing it because you did it right! Beautiful!

:thumbup: :thumbup:

Sher Loc: Colorful Colorado

Mary1946 wrote:

Found black poster board for background and set up the tripod. I usually handhold, so heeded all the advice about using a tripod.
I did slightly crop the first two and sharpened all of them. No other editing done.

What do you think about these?

I love #2. Great color

Cappy Loc: Wildwood, NJ

Great idea using the black poster board.

Mary1946 Loc: Minnesota

Thank you, to all who responded. I'm glad to know that I am on the right track. And I must admit that using the tripod was a great learning experience. I discovered that I could use a low shutter speed to bring more light into the camera and that I could set the aperture to a larger number for better depth of field. I guess that's called decreasing aperture. Anyway the results were much better than handholding the camera. I did these in the house by a window. Too cold outdoors for plants at this time of year. So I bought one to practice on.

billyzee Loc: Austin

Mary1946 wrote:

Found black poster board for background and set up the tripod. I usually handhold, so heeded all the advice about using a tripod.
I did slightly crop the first two and sharpened all of them. No other editing done.

What do you think about these?

You did a nice ob on these Mary

Mary1946 Loc: Minnesota

billyzee wrote:

Mary1946 wrote:

Found black poster board for background and set up the tripod. I usually handhold, so heeded all the advice about using a tripod.
I did slightly crop the first two and sharpened all of them. No other editing done.

What do you think about these?

You did a nice ob on these Mary

Thank you.

crazy4thread Loc: Minnesota

Very pretty Mary. The colors are beautiful! Thanks for brightening my cold winter day :)

Mary1946 wrote:

Found black poster board for background and set up the tripod. I usually handhold, so heeded all the advice about using a tripod.
I did slightly crop the first two and sharpened all of them. No other editing done.

What do you think about these?

Mary1946 Loc: Minnesota

wildflower62 wrote:

Very pretty Mary. The colors are beautiful! Thanks for brightening my cold winter day :)

Mary1946 wrote:

Found black poster board for background and set up the tripod. I usually handhold, so heeded all the advice about using a tripod.
I did slightly crop the first two and sharpened all of them. No other editing done.

What do you think about these?

Thank you. I see you live in Minnesota as well. Where? I live in St. Cloud now. Before that in Cambridge.

crazy4thread Loc: Minnesota

I live very close to cambridge actually. how long ago were you there?

photogrl57 Loc: Tennessee

Gorgeous

Mary1946 Loc: Minnesota

wildflower62 wrote:

I live very close to cambridge actually. how long ago were you there?

I moved to St. Cloud when I retired in June of 2002. I lived in Cambridge for 16 years and before that a couple of places in the Isanti area for 18 years.

Mary1946 Loc: Minnesota

photogrl57 wrote:

Gorgeous

Thank you.