its snowy outside, but beauty lies inside

[cameramike]

what do you guys think?
shot with sunpak 383 flash
rebel xti with my 50mm 1.8 lens
(they are big thats why i'm linking)
http://www.flipsproductions.com/sites/flipsphotos/pictures/IMG_26149(2)jpg.jpg
http://www.flipsproductions.com/sites/flipsphotos/pictures/IMG_2584(2).jpg
http://www.flipsproductions.com/sites/flipsphotos/pictures/IMG_2646(2).jpg
http://www.flipsproductions.com/sites/flipsphotos/pictures/IMG_2693(2).jpg

 

[plentygood]

My thoughts:

1: Could use more DOF.
2: Well done shot.
3: I would have prefered it if you hadn't cut half the leaf off on the bottom.
4: I really like this shot. I think it might be better though if it was in color though because there's a lot of gray.

I like 2 and 4.

 

[cameramike]

thanks. i was having a large problem getting both the vase and the flowers to stay perfectly in focus. after about f8 it was getting to dark to properly expose.

#3 i should have cropped a bit tighter to get rid of the bit of leaf on the bottom

#4 the color version the background is far from appealing. i did a custom wb and forgot to change it after adding a second light to light the background so part of it was a totally different color (fixed by changing it to black and white)