Bonsai

[Dylan]

I took these at Longwood Gardens (where else). I don't know which tree but there's one from 1918 in here. Hope you like em.

The rest of them are here.

 

[teishu]

i like em but i think that the pictures are little bit dull

 

[Dylan]

In what way. Please be more specific. Constructive criticism is welcome.

 

[Dylan]

Shameless bump. If anyone has anything to say about these please do so.

 

[woodsac]

There's no shadow detail, making them very flat. All of them seem a little soft as well. Also, the wb doesn't look like it was set properly.

Can you give us any exif data, and what the lighting conditions were like?

 

[Dylan]

Unfortunately I have no exif data because they were shot with film (gotta remember to write this stuff down). As I recall there was only natural lighting however I fiddled with the contrast, hue saturation etc in Photoshop because the color of all but the third was somewhat washed out. Maybe I didn't do a good job in Photoshop. If anyone wants to edit them please feel free. Next time I am at Longwood Gardens I'll shoot these with an eye towards shadow. I honestly didn't think it would make that much of a difference but we'll see. Since I seem to be having issues with washed out color etc I wonder if any one can identify what I'm doing wrong? I'll post some recent pictures in the photo critique section when I get home today. Thanks for your input woodsac.:thumbup:

 

[ravikiran]

Fine photos, but as reffered it would have been better if there are a few more details. Fact must me that they have been edited in photoshop.

 

[Hoppy]

I like the subject but there does seem to be something missing.

I would prabably have used a tripod with apeture around f7/f8 slow speed film maybe an iso 50 and a slower shutter speed, maybe use a fill flash, set to underexsposed, hand held out to the side. This is just something I have done in the past with some success, there are far better photographers on here that might say this is wrong but it worked for me...
Ian