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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: DanPBrown on February 02, 2015, 05:26:23 pm

Title: Wood Lily
Post by: DanPBrown on February 02, 2015, 05:26:23 pm

Howdy all. This photo was accidentally overexposed. I liked the look and went with it.
Shot with a 1dsmk3 and Olympus 90mm f/2 macro.
Dan
(http://www.danbrownphotography.com/galleries/albums/userpics/Wood_Lily.jpg)

Title: Re: Wood Lily
Post by: brandtb on February 02, 2015, 07:58:12 pm

Wonderful colors

Title: Re: Wood Lily
Post by: louoates on February 02, 2015, 08:55:57 pm

For me there is too much out of focus.

Title: Re: Wood Lily
Post by: mbaginy on February 03, 2015, 05:50:52 am

Wonderful colors and I like the shallow DoF.  Beautiful!!

Title: Re: Wood Lily
Post by: francois on February 03, 2015, 07:00:46 am

I'm with louoates, I would prefer to have the front-most petal in-focus. The rest of the image is fantastic!

Title: Re: Wood Lily
Post by: Bob_B on February 03, 2015, 10:09:38 am

I agree, the colors are spectacular. If this were my photo, I think I'd try an iris blur filter to blur everything, except the stamens, a bit more. This would give a stronger center to the image, and allow one's eye to start there and then move to other parts. Either that or retake the shot getting more petals in focus. Just my rambling thoughts...

Title: Re: Wood Lily
Post by: DanPBrown on February 03, 2015, 03:03:00 pm

Thanks for the input everyone. I will have to see what other photos I have that were taken at a tighter aperture.
Dan
www.danbrownphotography.com

Title: Re: Wood Lily
Post by: sarrasani on February 05, 2015, 04:09:08 pm

Nothing is focused (I like "almost-artistic-macro" with a little portion of focused subject, but here....).
I am also disturbed by so evident watermarks. Good subject and composition.
all the best,
sandro