Bud and Bugs

[kostas nianiopoulos]

http://img402.imageshack.us/img402/6895/budandbugs.jpg (http://www.freecodesource.com/image-hosting/view/img402/6895/budandbugs.jpg/)

that was a flower near to sea , i dont know the name if it , i have post it before in ETL , the only thing i remeber i did ,
is a bit of crop maybe levels and rotare .

canon 50d
shutter speed 1/512
aperture 5,7
focal length 200mm
iso 125

thanks for watching

[Vida van der Walt]

Hi Costas. I really like the little yellow plant lice on the flower as well as the soft pastel bg. I cropped to place the flower more to the right, sharpened a bit, did some noise reduction and lifted the levels some.:)

[Vida van der Walt]

Forgot to attach the image.:)

[kostas nianiopoulos]

thank a lot for the help :)

[Julie Kenward]

Nice touch, Vida! Good subject matter, Kostas, and I like how you caught the bugs from the side. Two things that I think would have improved the image: Turn your camera so the bud came in more at an angle across the viewing area and add a little more of the stem so we could see where those tinier buds end within the frame. Always try to find a natural "break" on the stem so the flowers/buds are either all in or all out if at all possible.

You have good clarity and detail on the bugs and the bottom of the plant but you lose a bit at the top of the main bud. Try to keep the focal plane of the camera even with the entire plant or stop down a bit more in aperture to capture it all.

[Mike Moats]

Hey Kostas, great find and like the details and the crop on the top really helped out.

[kostas nianiopoulos]

thank u Mike .

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

It's right about leaving more stem. I find it a little distracting how the buds cut off suddenly. A bit more DOF should have helped (use a tripod if you can and remote release) but as is, it appears just too soft. Cool idea though. :)

[Harshad Barve]

Hey Kostas , you seems to be in great form , rocking every section of BPN , Agreed with Mike , excellent compo and details
TFS

[kostas nianiopoulos]

thank u Harshad