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Arthur Morris
09-04-2012, 07:05 PM
I've loved bugs since I was about 11 but I'd love to see more flowers here :).
Canon 180mm macro lens with the EOS-5D Mark III. ISO 400. Evaluative metering +1 1/3 stops: 1/40 sec. at f/9 in Av mode.
Don't be shy; all honest comments welcome.
denise ippolito
09-04-2012, 07:46 PM
Artie, this is lovely. The details and comp really draw you in. I might consider a slight touch off the bottom to clean up the LRC a little. Nicely done and I wish it were mine.:S3:
Dave Johnson
09-05-2012, 09:53 PM
Hi Arthur. Cool shot, and it certainly keeps you interested! Love the detail and the hint of green LRC.
I find flowers really challenging from a compositional point but have a few I might post.
Arthur Morris
09-06-2012, 05:52 AM
Artie, this is lovely. The details and comp really draw you in. I might consider a slight touch off the bottom to clean up the LRC a little. Nicely done and I wish it were mine.:S3:
Thanks Lady D; I had not noticed that little green smudge. How much off the bottom?
Arthur Morris
09-06-2012, 05:52 AM
Hi Arthur. Cool shot, and it certainly keeps you interested! Love the detail and the hint of green LRC.
I find flowers really challenging from a compositional point but have a few I might post.
Get to it Dave!
Jonathan Ashton
09-06-2012, 07:46 AM
Artie I like the fine detail and the techs etc spot on. The composition, well I have to admit I sometimes struggle, the "centre" is a little off centre which is a good thing - I think but I wonder if the image would have more impact if the"centre" had been placed nearer to a corner so there was a kind of radiating effect? Perhaps you had considered this and thought it was altogether too predicable to put it there? I will await with interest to see the responses.
denise ippolito
09-06-2012, 08:06 AM
Thanks Lady D; I had not noticed that little green smudge. How much off the bottom?
Just enough to evict the teeny tiny green in the LRC.
Arthur Morris
09-06-2012, 08:26 AM
Artie I like the fine detail and the techs etc spot on. The composition, well I have to admit I sometimes struggle, the "centre" is a little off centre which is a good thing - I think but I wonder if the image would have more impact if the"centre" had been placed nearer to a corner so there was a kind of radiating effect? Perhaps you had considered this and thought it was altogether too predicable to put it there? I will await with interest to see the responses.
Thanks Jon. Your thinking is pretty much right on. I can add that if I place the center towards the corner nearer to a rule of thirds spot I would have had to have gotten much tighter and lost a lot of the pattern....
Arthur Morris
09-06-2012, 08:39 AM
Just enough to evict the teeny tiny green in the LRC.
Thanks again Lady D. Even a small crop from the bottom upset the delicate compositional balance so I covered the green with a Quick Mask that needed a 1 pixel Gaussian Blur so that it did not look too sharp; that corner has some d-o-f fall-off in sharpness.
Dave Leroy
09-06-2012, 09:18 AM
Repost looks more complete and better. Interesting exchange with Jon. It seems so tempting to move center a bit more to a corner. I bet it looks great at full size.
denise ippolito
09-06-2012, 09:19 AM
Looks great Artie!
Arthur Morris
09-06-2012, 09:34 AM
Thanks both. The compositional balance here is quite delicate....
Dave Mills
09-06-2012, 11:47 AM
Art, Curious to know why you shot this at F/9...
Arthur Morris
09-06-2012, 12:27 PM
It seemed like a good idea at the time. What did you have in mind?
Dave Mills
09-06-2012, 01:48 PM
I was wondering if you were after maximum sharpness since 85% of the image appears sharp with DOF fall off on the bottom. Going to F/22 might have solved some of the fall off if that is what you were after.
Other than that I feel it's a strong image...
Arthur Morris
09-06-2012, 06:05 PM
Might have, but I was obviously working with a curved surface. As there was a gentle breeze I would have needed a lot higher ISO for f/22.
Bob Miller
09-07-2012, 09:33 PM
I liked this image as soon as I opened it. I really like the dof you have here in the center with the cool looking obelisks. I personally would crop just a small tad from the top to bring the eye into those obelisks even more.
Marina Scarr
09-08-2012, 05:26 PM
Great details, colors and texture to this capture. I wish the center of the flower weren't so centered.
Arthur Morris
09-08-2012, 05:42 PM
Great details, colors and texture to this capture. I wish the center of the flower weren't so centered.
Me too but there was no other place to put it as far as I could figure :S3:.
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