Flower C&C

[Wadi1100D]

Hi all,

I wanted to share this photo with you, which I took outside on my apartment balcony garden. It is without any shadow of doubt the best picture I have taken since starting with a DLSR. I would love to hear your feedback.

Thanks
Gary.

 

[LaFoto]

Focus, DOF, colours, all very nice!
Composition is a bit simple, what with your subject right in the centre of your frame. Photos - images in general - become more interesting when you start looking for/watching the so-called Rule of Thirds.

 

[Wadi1100D]

Focus, DOF, colours, all very nice!
Composition is a bit simple, what with your subject right in the centre of your frame. Photos - images in general - become more interesting when you start looking for/watching the so-called Rule of Thirds.

Thank you for your feedback Corinna,

I was just hoping to keep it simple and not over complicate this shot. In regards to your second point, I think i did it with this photo without realising it. Could you tell me if I did it correctly. Thank you.


Regards,

Giridhar.


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(Sorry! I know the lines are off)

 

[deeky]

The way I see it, you have composed it as 1/3 background, 1/3 subject, 1/3 background. The rule of thirds actually is to center your subject on one of the lines, not necessarily to fill inbetween the lines. Keep in mind that there are also horizontal lines of thirds, so think of the intersections of the lines as hotpoints in composition.

 

[cgipson1]

I did some quick edits to show you what would actually happen using the Rule of Thirds... ( I also cropped to a standard frame format of 11x14 / 14x11)

Rule of thirds horizontal.


Rule of thirds Vertical (which I prefer since the subject taller then it is wide, and the background does not add to the photo)

 

[Wadi1100D]

The way I see it, you have composed it as 1/3 background, 1/3 subject, 1/3 background. The rule of thirds actually is to center your subject on one of the lines, not necessarily to fill inbetween the lines. Keep in mind that there are also horizontal lines of thirds, so think of the intersections of the lines as hotpoints in composition.

Thank you Deeky, I think i understand now and I will use this to help me frame my photo's better!

I did some quick edits to show you what would actually happen using the Rule of Thirds... ( I also cropped to a standard frame format of 11x14 / 14x11)

Rule of thirds horizontal.


Rule of thirds Vertical (which I prefer since the subject taller then it is wide, and the background does not add to the photo)

Thank you cgipson! The way you edited the photo's I can understand what you mean. Could you tell me the significance of the 11x14 format please??

 

[ceeboy14]

I think maybe my eyes need adjusting as to me, this image is not in focus. There are a few parts of the leaves toward the middle that are sharp and crisp as is the stem where you appeared to have focused, but the flowers, not so much at all. I am going to surmise you used a 1.2 or 1.4 lens to shoot this and in focusing on the stem part of the flower, you killed your outside flower petals focus.

As to the rule of thirds...to quote Pirates of the Caribbean, "aye, we merely see them as guidelines." There are any number of formats on can use to determine the placement of an object in a crop. Personally, I lend toward the Golden Spiral and Trinagles, both of which can be found in CS6. On your image, I used Triangles because I thought it best centered the object as a positive object in a negative space in such a manner as to have the diagonal of the stem work favorably with the linear pushing out of the leaves and flower petals. As always, it is a matter of peronal opinion and taste.



And it probably could have stood a bit more off the right side.

 

[Wadi1100D]

I think maybe my eyes need adjusting as to me, this image is not in focus. There are a few parts of the leaves toward the middle that are sharp and crisp as is the stem where you appeared to have focused, but the flowers, not so much at all. I am going to surmise you used a 1.2 or 1.4 lens to shoot this and in focusing on the stem part of the flower, you killed your outside flower petals focus.

As to the rule of thirds...to quote Pirates of the Caribbean, "aye, we merely see them as guidelines." There are any number of formats on can use to determine the placement of an object in a crop. Personally, I lend toward the Golden Spiral and Trinagles, both of which can be found in CS6. On your image, I used Triangles because I thought it best centered the object as a positive object in a negative space in such a manner as to have the diagonal of the stem work favorably with the linear pushing out of the leaves and flower petals. As always, it is a matter of personal opinion and taste.

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And it probably could have stood a bit more off the right side.

Hi ceeboy!

You're right, I didn't get the focus right, I wanted to get the stem and petals which are facing the camera in focus and the rest out of focus, but i think i botched it a bit and I am not sure it will come out this well in regards to the petals pushing out linearly from the stem so as to give the effect of depth, because i had used 9 point AF, and AF on the lens, maybe if i change it to only having one point such as the center point be the point of focus and/or use manual focus, what do you think? In regards to Rule of Thirds, i use the grid on the display of my camera to follow the rule of thirds, i am not sure if it will be of any use but its helping me understand rule of thirds.