Flowers and Landscape (C&C)

[EleanorW]

I was at an outdoor photography workshop thingy last night. Here are a few of the pictures I took. I struggled with the focus on the dandelion type thing (so I'm not a botanist lol) I'll be posting my sunsets separetly

1: f13, iso100, 1/30

2: f5.6, iso100, 1/200

3: f5.6, iso1600, 1/1600

4: f5.6, iso100, 1/125

 

[MikeBookPro]

I like the fourth photo the best, I just wish it was more vibrant.

 

[EleanorW]

Would you recommend playing with the saturation a little bit?

 

[MikeBookPro]

I hope you don't mind, I grabbed the photo from your SmugMug and messed with it a bit. This is overkill, but I like it.

 

[MikeBookPro]

 

[EleanorW]

Don't mind at all! Was that just with saturation? I like the sky a lot better on the field picture and the other one is more interesting now too.

 

[MikeBookPro]

Actually, I used a couple of Lightroom 2 presets. Mainly saturation/contast/exposure, and a gradient on the sky.

 

[EleanorW]

Ahhh.. I don't have Lightroom... yet. Someday soon, just as soon as I get my flash and fix my camera

 

[bigtwinky]

#2 seems to have the focus off. The purply flowery things are not all sharp, some are blurry. Can't see where the focus is (looks like the upper left most one). The blurry one in the middle draws my eye right away.

#3 has the focus smack on the middle, which is great! love it. Would of liked to see the top though. I assume the 1600 ISO was to get a fast enough shutter to freeze the photo as it was slightly windy? If not, then why the 1600?

 

[Stock Photos]

I actually really like the dandelion/seed one, its very soft makes me think of wishes

 

[choudhrysaab]

good job Elly ... i like the original shot of #4.

 

[lvcrtrs]

I like what MikeBookPro did to number 1. On my monitor, the sky is a beautiful blue that transitions from darker to lighter off in the distance. The greens aren't overly saturated making them look very natural. The purple flowers gives just a pop of color to break it up. I am seeing some zigzag on the edges of things and some lines on the grass in the forefront that I've run into when sharpening pompas grass too much. I'm really leary of sharpening grass like matter now.

 

[EleanorW]

Thanks choudhry. I like the edited version too, but I really like my original one too. I almost missed that shot, I was so busy watching the path - didn't want to drop my camera a 2nd day in a row

 

[EleanorW]

twinky - I'll be perfectly honest.. I have no clue why I was on iso1600. The instructor said to put it there for that shot and I am not as clear on the iso's as I should be I cut the top of the fluffy thing off because of the sky behind it. I'd have gotten the shot from another angle but well.. let me just say this was taken in a dog park and there were no other viable places for laying down

 

[choudhrysaab]

Thanks choudhry. I like the edited version too, but I really like my original one too. I almost missed that shot, I was so busy watching the path - didn't want to drop my camera a 2nd day in a row

that would have really sucked.