sunflowersilk
by JustCaree

Comment by Cory:
A very interesting effect.. I like the vibrancy of this image.

silksunflowermacro
by JustCaree

Comment by KarenNfld:
Pretty sharp and clear.

Dande
by JustCaree

Comment by jomari:
I agree with Judy about dandelions. They must be pretty universal - they look just the same here (Australia).

rosemacro
by JustCaree

Comment by jomari:
Pretty coloured rose.

matermacro
by JustCaree

Comment by jomari:
Nice capture of those hairs. The dof really makes the most of them.

matermacro
by JustCaree

Comment by PGerst:
New camera eh? I think the settings are fine. With f/4.0 and the focal length, its hard to get a ton of isolation, but you do see the background is nicely separated.

JC16
by JustCaree

Comment by JokersSoul:
I really love this photo. I love the composition and the colors. Only thing I would recommend is to make it a bit brighter. You are doing great with your photos!

Splish Splash
by JustCaree

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
A fun shot, but it does come off as a snapshot. One thing I found recently when I was photographing the "splash day" at a YMCA, was that by using my 250mm lens and a fairly wide aperture, the busy background was nicely blurred and it improved the pics tremendously. Either that, or getting really close to the subject did the trick. Pool shots certainly have their own issues.

matermacro
by JustCaree

Comment by MaryO:
Hairs are definitely interesting. Did you try from the other side of the tomato so the hairy bits would be in the foreground?

water drop blue
by JustCaree

Comment by MinsoPhoto:
You really need an off camera flash to get a decent water drop. A few tips, for what they are worth. 1. You light the background and capture the reflection on the water, you don't light the actual drop. 2. You need a seriously fast shutter speed to freeze the motion, the easiest way for me to do that is to use a normal shutter speed (1/100-1/250) in a dark or mostly dark room and use the flash powered down to stop the motion. 3. Get a nice little setup going, doesn't have to be much but get it to where the drop is hitting the same spot every time then prefocus there (I hold a pen where the drop is hitting to auto focus on it then switch to manual focus) that will help get a sharp image. 4. Take loads of shots with different timing and with different speeds (not the camera settings but the timing of the drop and the rate at which the drop falls. I hope this helps, there are many people that do this better then I but just trying to help you out. This shot of mine was taken with no special equipment and just a rigged setup to get the drops falling the same. The only lighting I used was a speedlite off camera fired wirelessly(sp?)