Floral pictures

[tmartin2347]

Here are some pictures I took the other day on my walk through downtown. Let me know what you think.

This last one was from a few weeks ago at a different location, just never got to looking at it.

 

[Ron Evers]

I like the second shot of the cherry blossoms but it is a bit soft.

 

[JimFly]

I agree with Ron, very nice colors in #1&2
Thanks 4 sharing

 

[LaFoto]

Those wonderful fruit tree blossoms always go very well against an all blue sky. I love the sight, and deplore the fact that they are out for about a week at the most. Fortunately, in our garden the plum trees bloom at a different time than the cherry tree, and that again usually precedes the apple trees, so we do get blooming trees for longer than just a week .

The tulip looks a tad underexposed, while the second tree blossoms look a tad overexposed.

The daffodils are a funny crop, I wonder why you decided to crop your photo in this manner.

The last doesn't tell me overly much. It could do with somewhat stronger contrasts, I think. Are your black&white photos conversions from what used to be colour photos?

 

[tmartin2347]

Thanks for the responses, now what do you mean by some of the photos being soft? are you talking about not being 100% in focus?

How could I have made them better? I wasn't using a tripod for any of these, I was out for a walk and don't prefer to take the tripod with me everywhere.

 

[D-B-J]

i dont see any oof shots.. nice job. The black and white tulip(maybe? idk my flowers) is my favorite

 

[Ron Evers]

Softness can be OOF or that the lens is not capable of capturing a sharp image.

Sharp is not always best, particularly with peoples skin.

 

[D-B-J]

i know that ronevers, but i that doesnt mean these images are soft..

 

[Ron Evers]

i know that ronevers, but i that doesnt mean these images are soft..

May I say the one I referred to is not tack sharp then?

 

[D-B-J]

uhmmm.. i guess. For example, look at the bright flower in the middle of the second photo (right above the dark middle flower). To me, on my moniter, i am seeing crisp edges.

Now, i do see a slight bit of softness on the tulip photo.