Yellow Dewdrops

[Christopher Miller]

Here's my latest image of water drops :) Found these ones on a black-eyed susan petal. Any and all feedback would be most appreciated!

Olympus SP-550 UZ
f4.5 @ 1/125, ISO 100
Aperture priority mode, pattern metering, cloudy WB
Processed in PS CS2; curves adjustment, noise reduction, cloned out an OOF flower in BG, and cropped

[Kerry Perkins]

Hi Christopher, I like the way you handled the yellow here - good work keeping the saturation down! Like the magnifying effect of the drop on the far left and the lens effect making bright spots under the drops. Might only suggest a bit of NR on the bg. Nice one! Oh yeah, nice pano crop too!

[OvidiuCavasdan]

I like the composition and the focus point. Also like the bright spots under the water drops.
Not sure but could try to clone out the oof drops on the lower petal edge...just a thought.

[Lance Peters]

Hi Chris - for my personal tastes - a bit more DOF - my eye seems to have trouble finding something to lock onto - a little more sharpness in the water drops would probably help.
Good job on the yellows.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Christopher,
I like the capture, you did well with the yellows...would suggest stopping down on your f/ stop and increasing your ISO factor in order to get more depth of field...the overall image is a tad soft and your mid-tones need to be adjusted just a tad...looking forward to your next one...:cool:

[Nick Palmieri]

Love the idea, love the colors, and love the drops. Think I agree that more DOF would make this image more pleasing.

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks everyone for the comments and suggestions. Frequently I get stuck in always shooting with a wide aperture and forgetting to experiment more with the DOF. Thanks for the reminder that sometimes more DOF is better. I'll try to remember it next time! :)

[Deborah Harrison]

Agree with the comments as made. The sharpness of the drops on the petal would not be lost with increasing the DOF - look forward to seeing some more.

[Bob Miller]

Hi Chris...Love the composition.I agree with more DOF and cloning out drops on the front edge as suggested by Ovidiu

[Alfred Forns]

Interesting and a good eye for composition Not sure if you had an alternative angle to keep the overlaping leaf from showing? Do like it a lot as presented !!! Excellent !!!

[Christopher Miller]

Thanks Deborah, Bob, and Al. Appreciate your input!

[Harold Davis]

ooooh! i like this one a lot, christopher. only the overlapping leaf. i love the water drops and the sharpness looks good to me. very nice composition.