Yellow Day Lily

[Sid Overbey]

The day lilies are finally starting to bloom in Illinois. This one is along the side of our house. A few more days and it should be quite a show.
Nikon D70
300MM/4
F/4
1/160s
ISO 320
AV Mode
EC +2/3

Thanks for looking and comments.

[Julie Kenward]

Nice image, Sid. You got your point of focus right where it needs to be and you got a very pleasing DOF throughout. I think maybe one more stop down might have brought the entire flower into focus for you but this is really nice as is.

One suggestion would be to crop a small amount off the left side and add a little more canvas to the right to get it more in line with the ROT (rule of thirds.) It's a nice composition as is but those extra greens on the left are a tiny bit distracting so it might be worth trying. Just a thought...

Can't wait to see more!

[Mike Moats]

Hey Sid, as Julie points out, nice job on the details of the stamens, and also about the extra depth of field by stoping down to maybe 5.6, to add a little more sharpness on the petals. Pixels are free so try bracketing your f/stops, and than decide which one works best when you get it on the computer. You have a bulls-eyed comp here and to help that out you can shoot this as a vertical, add more stem and place the flower head in the top thirds of the frame.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Sid,
DOF mentioned already........you may want to try a crop top left and bottom....lets say 1/2 inch away from flower...........and that would take it off dead center. Light was handled very well.