Variegated Plant in Greenhouse

[quinte]

 

[madjace]

Love em

 

[Joel_W]

Interesting vegetation pictures are really hard to accomplish because the subject matter isn't brilliant, vibrant, or inspiring compared to the multitude of different flowering plants.

Picture #1 compositionally and subject wise, is the best of the set, but really suffers from only having the very front leaf in focus. All 3 leaves should have been sharp, while the background softness would have further emphasized your subject.

Picture #2 & 3 have less then stellar subject matter, are poorly composed, and the backgrounds just killed their respective compositions. In both pictures the backgrounds need to be completely out of focus to compliment the subject. As they are now, you can see that Reid trellis, and in the last picture the window, frame, brick wall, and concrete walkway, as well as the weird angle that it appears in your composition.

In order to improve compositionally with your florals, especially macro photographs, you need to really look at the entire image in your viewfinder; foreground, subject, and background. Learning how to control them, and your lighting are the keys to success.

 

[quinte]

I was trying to go from sharp to gradually out of focus from the point back. Just a matter of taste I guess. Only photo #1 is mine. The other two were attached by Madjace. Thanks for the CC.

 

[Joel_W]

I was trying to go from sharp to gradually out of focus from the point back. Just a matter of taste I guess. Only photo #1 is mine. The other two were attached by Madjace. Thanks for the CC.

Sorry for not seeing that thsoe thumbnails weren't yours.

I understand what you were trying to accomplish, but those leaves just blended into the background too much leaving the front leaf standing alone. It would have been a really stronger composition with them in focus.

 

[madjace]

Mine were taken with a point and shoot about 2 years ago and were the first macros I ever took sort of my introduction into macro. I have some better ones now. Just not variegated ones. Now I mainly shoot flowers. Sorry to thread jack

 

[Joel_W]

Madjace, But why would you post those two pictures if you didn't feel that they were up to your present standards, nor what you've seen posted on TPF?

 

[madjace]

Well you thought they were all posted by the same person. So they are obviously up to the same standard as other images I have seen posted on here. I posted them because I thought they wet nice photos.

 

[Joel_W]

Well you thought they were all posted by the same person. So they are obviously up to the same standard as other images I have seen posted on here. I posted them because I thought they wet nice photos.

"While I didn't notice that they were posted by you, I never said that they were up to the standards of other pictures posted on TPF, and that out of the 3 pictures his was the best. What I said was About your pictures is quoted below:

Picture #2 & 3 have less then stellar subject matter, are poorly composed, and the backgrounds just killed their respective compositions. In both pictures the backgrounds need to be completely out of focus to compliment the subject. As they are now, you can see that Reed trellis, and in the last picture the window, frame, brick wall, and concrete walkway, as well as the weird angle that it appears in your composition.

In order to improve compositionally with your florals, especially macro photographs, you need to really look at the entire image in your viewfinder; foreground, subject, and background. Learning how to control them, and your lighting are the keys to success. "

 

[madjace]

So here are some of the latest ones I have done. Although I didn't ask for your opinion. I am still learning. Theses were taken on my very first outing with the camera a few months ago. Since then I have been doing more portraits landscape and night shots. I will keep learning more about macro as I go though

 

[madjace]

actually i was playing around with exposure compensation last week and took this one

 

[quinte]

My photo at top was also taken with a point and shoot, handheld. My hands are not as steady as they used to be. Next chance I get, I will take a tripod, dslr, macro lens, and ring flash to see if I can bring up my standards also.

 

[madjace]

Do you think a tripod will make macros better ? I never thought of that

 

[quinte]

Tripod with remote shutter control to stop all camera movement key to getting crisp shots. Even with vibration reduction lenses we move a lot when we are shooting, even if we try to brace up against something. Tripod, though a hassle, will eliminate that. Not always practical when shooting insects and such. In those cases I try to use a monopod when I can, to minimize at least some of the movement.