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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: churly on October 14, 2018, 09:08:33 am

Title: Flowers (at least they aren't cats)
Post by: churly on October 14, 2018, 09:08:33 am

Time has been short lately so I have been finding myself wedging in some short shoots in the garden just to keep the hand in.Critique welcome.
Chuck

Title: Re: Flowers (at least they aren't cats)
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on October 14, 2018, 09:35:17 am

I find many flower photos (including my own) pretty boring, but these have some real spunk and character.
I especially respond to the first two.

Title: Re: Flowers (at least they aren't cats)
Post by: Bob_B on October 15, 2018, 08:22:24 am

The second one in particular is out of this world great. Nice set all around.

Title: Re: Flowers (at least they aren't cats)
Post by: churly on October 16, 2018, 07:23:29 am

Thanks for the kind encouragement guys. 
It is true that despite their inherent beauty, flowers are hard to photograph to produce an interesting image. There are a lot of choices on how to approach the problem and how to deal with DOF.  I do all of my shots outdoors and where I live the breeze very rarely stops so I spend most of the time waiting to catch the short pauses in motion.Chuck

Title: Re: Flowers (at least they aren't cats)
Post by: farbschlurf on October 16, 2018, 11:08:01 am

I agree the 2nd is a bit bit different and very good indeed!