Flower CC

[mishele]

I have some purple flowers that only have about a day or two left in them. Any suggestions on how to shoot them w/ a better out come would be great!!

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[pyr00]

I think they're both gorgeous. The highlights in the second one are lost a little bit, maybe noise, ISO? I'm really not sure. Some people like to mist them with water for an effect. They look great to me though.

 

[TriniPhototakeoutta]

They look realy nice. I would try pyr00's suggestion. Good luck

 

[Samanax]

Flower #1 Exif -
Camera: Canon 5D Mk II
Aperture: f/13
Shutter Speed: 1/1250
ISO: 3200
Focal Length: 100mm (f/2.8 Macro?)

Flower #2 Exif -
Camera: Canon 5D Mk II
Aperture: f/9
Shutter Speed: 1/1250
ISO: 3200
Focal Length: 100mm

I would shoot these at a lower ISO setting to help reduce the amount of noise in both images. Were you using a tripod?

I think the first image would look better if the flower were on the left side of the frame.

For the second image try a different background color.

 

[choudhrysaab]

good work on the first shot =)

 

[mishele]

Thanks for the input........I m going now to try again. Its not as windy today that should help.

No I didnt use a tripod. And I m surprised that people dont like the orange in the background of #2. I was excited to see the back lit cannas.

 

[Samanax]

And I m surprised that people dont like the orange in the background of #2. I was excited to see the back lit cannas.

Yellow-orange and magenta-violet don't really complement each other.

 

[mishele]

This was my second try.

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Thanks for your help!

 

[Samanax]

Top down shots of flowers tend to be the most boring, mostly because we've all seen this view thousands of times already.

I don't care for the first image too much...maybe if the main flower filled the frame more.

I do like the second image, probably because the background isn't orange.

What I would like to see is something similar to the very first shot but with the flower on the left side of the frame. Flower shot at the same angle, misted a bit for that wet look, flower on the left side of the frame, maybe sharpened a bit more, same color saturation, brightened a tiny bit, deeper DOF and filling the frame a tiny bit more.

 

[mishele]

lol I ll get on it!!

 

[mishele]

I ran out of sun light and this is what I got.....lol Lets see how I did?!
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Again thanks for your help today......had fun trying to make a better picture!

 

[Samanax]

Wow, I like both of them. Color in the first one is a tiny bit richer than the second one. I think they are both well done images.

 

[mishele]

Thanks

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Woah! #2 is B E A U T I F U L !

Nice job!

 

[kundalini]

TBH, I wasn't impressed at all with the 21MP camera with the first two shots. Better with the second lot and much improved with the last. However, with the last two, IMO, if you had stopped down the lens to create a greater DoF, it would look better. Perhaps it is the combination of sunlight on the raindrops being accentuated and drawing the eye.... but I get confused where to look.

It's fun to play isn't it?