sunflower6
by JustCaree

Comment by mycelium:
Very cool! This thing looks almost like it has teeth! POF well chosen--could even have been a bit deeper with a smaller aperture. Your greater technical control of your camera is really showing.

2nd Favorite Passtime
by JustCaree

Comment by Dave Gordon:
The lighting seems harsh, and the overall feeling is a bit blurry.

2nd Favorite Passtime
by JustCaree

Comment by Luongo98:
I would have cropped your stomach and used different lighting.

2nd Favorite Passtime
by JustCaree

Comment by Abra:
Nicely done! 8

rosebud
by JustCaree

Comment by cpanaioti:
You've got the right idea to try and isolate the rose bud however I think in this case, the DOF is a little too shallow. Closing down the lens to f8 or even f11 would increase the DOF. That would add a little more detail to the background but probably not enough to make it distracting.

rose
by JustCaree

Comment by cpanaioti:
You've got the focus bang on (IMO) on this one. The centre of the flower is nice and sharp. Since that's where most of the interest is in this flower, why not zoom in a little further. ;o)

gladiolus folds
by JustCaree

Comment by jomari:
Very pretty. I like the composition and the colours are really lovely.

gladiolus 2
by JustCaree

Comment by Prash:
Hey you just gave away your 'tilted' entry;-)

Nice picture!

leaf swirl
by JustCaree

Comment by pixelpig:
Carrie, if you have time, google 'histogram' & see if you can find the histogram info in your PP software. 'Blown out' is slang for loss of detail. Of course, if the white edge of the leaf had little detail to begin with, you can't catch very fine detail with anything but light coming in low & from the side, called 'raking light.' FWIW, 'blown out' wasn't the first thing I thought when I looked at this--I thought "ooh, cool." I've spent my fair share of time trying to capture cana lily leaves (or are these banana tree leaves?)--they do such interesting things in the light. Keep on clickin'!

gladiolus folds
by JustCaree

Comment by MaryO:
Fun to play with shallow DOF on ruffly flowers, isn't it?