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10/09/2004 04:54:47 AM · #1

What do you think of this picture? - taken today and edited slightly
Comments most welcomed and can you please tell me ways I can improve it?

Thankyou

10/09/2004 05:09:30 AM · #2

overall its a nice photo :D so congratulations on that
ways to improve it - possibly a tighter crop focusing only on one flower ( logiv for that is the pavement lines are rather distracting so a crop would remove that )
secondly you might want to consider a tad sharper focus especially when it comes to the centre of the flower and this may be improved with additional lighting
however aside from those 2 minor points which are easily fixed i really like this photo and congratulate you on a gr8 find of the type of flower as well!
~Tatjana

10/09/2004 05:16:52 AM · #3

Thanks for you insight
- I will do what you said and agree it should make it look nicer
Thanks again and I post the finish pic when itz done

10/09/2004 05:30:48 AM · #4

Finished Photo - I choose to crop around both flowers (hope thats alright)
- Do you think this makes an improvement?
Thanks again

10/09/2004 05:39:20 AM · #5

deffinitely!
much much better i reckon :D hehehe are you happier with the photo is the question as well though?

10/09/2004 05:43:17 AM · #6

yeh - i think its a great impovement - jst didn't wanna sound too proud of the work :P

You got any pictures you can show of yours?

10/09/2004 05:57:20 AM · #7

im a newbie... literally... only started photography when i got my camera and bout 5 days later i joined this website... and i havent been here long at all... anything i have is in my profile and ive entered a work in for the parts challenge though will see how that goes *so far not too well but alright* :)
im glad you find it an improvement and glad i could help ya out :D kinda hard to help ppl when you dont know too much yourself but its all one big learning curve ;) if ya have any more you want commenting on just tell me and i'll try my best to help you once again :)

10/09/2004 06:09:02 AM · #8

Thanks and i'll don't have any more to post as yet - but when i do i tell ya :)
Did you take that flower pic in your profile cause if you did itz great, oh yeh by the way I notice ya from Australia just like me :p
Nice to have another Aussie on this site & good luck in your future challenges

10/09/2004 06:11:16 AM · #9

heheh likewise good luck to you and i'll keep an eye out for ya and yeah i did take that photo :) and yes am from sydney too....

10/09/2004 06:13:25 AM · #10

Cool

Message edited by author 2004-10-09 06:21:50.

10/09/2004 06:34:48 AM · #11

Cute Pics < if you search enough you will find pics of me when i waz younger - jst something for ya to look at :)

Message edited by author 2004-10-09 10:17:23.

10/09/2004 09:31:20 AM · #12

Final Pic

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

10/09/2004 10:20:37 AM · #13

What do other people think?
What one do you prefer?

Edit 1 - Top Photo
Edit 2 - Middle Photo
Edit 3 - Bottom Photo

floyd

Canon EOS-5D

10/09/2004 10:33:59 AM · #14

The bottom one is definitely the best. My only criticism would be that there isn't much detail in the petals of the flowers. This is going to be a tricky one to correct. The best way to correct it would be to re-shoot with a slightly lower exposure value (if your camera lets you knock the exposure value down) perhaps 1/3 or 1/2 an EV. Once you have that extra detail in the petals then you can head into a graphics package to tweak the overall picture for brightness and contrast.

As it stands now it's a lovely photo but it's a little flat. That extra detail will help it pop off the screen more - give it more depth.

I hope that helps.

John

10/09/2004 10:44:41 AM · #15

Thanks - I try to reshoot it in the morning - itz 12:46 AM at the moment here so it will be a while till i can take the pic again

10/09/2004 11:26:14 PM · #16

Ok - this is my Re-Shoot version as floyd suggested
What do you think ?

Message edited by author 2004-10-10 00:33:51.

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

10/09/2004 11:30:28 PM · #17

What one do you prefer?

Edit 1 - 1st Photo
Edit 2 - 2nd Photo
Edit 3 - 3rd Photo
Edit 4 - 4rd Photo

Sorry for all the edits :p

Curious

Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel

10/10/2004 01:52:04 AM · #18

David, my opinion is that your latest shot is the best by far. The lighting in this shot is a lot more interesting and creates more texture and depth. Somehow this adds more life to the image. I would suggest that you could play with the curves a bit in Photoshop or similar to bring the white in the flowers up a bit more so that they command a bit more of the attention. This may "blow out" the background a bit if you do it overall. You may or may not like this effect.

This last image has a lot more for you to work with. The composition is good. I would have tried it with the flowers a littl to the left and down to eliminate some of the bright leaves from the scene. This would place the flowers off centre. Just a suggestion for an alternative. Your current cropping works also.

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

10/10/2004 02:43:32 AM · #19

Thankyou for your help - this is my newest version :)
hope itz what you were after

Do you like this version better? or did I stuff it up :p

Message edited by author 2004-10-10 03:02:48.

Curious

Canon EOS-600D/T3i Rebel

10/10/2004 02:49:01 AM · #20

Personally I think its excellent. The blown out background, as I mentioned before, is something that some people would like and some would hate. I think it stylizes the image whereas others would prefer the more natural look. Nice work. :)

Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED Zoom Lens for Sony Alpha

10/10/2004 02:53:17 AM · #21

Thanks couldn't ov done it without everyones help :)

kiwinick

Sony DSLR-A550

10/10/2004 04:52:09 AM · #22

I lke the shot, its crisp and well exposed but my proble is my eye goes to the dark area of the background. Version 2 is a winner.

floyd

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

10/10/2004 05:39:54 AM · #23

No doubt the new shot is better but there is still a lack of detail on the petals. It looks like the flower head is in shade while the leaves behind are in sunlight. I'd like to see that shot with the flowers themselves in sunight. This will make it trickier to get the exposure right without over exposing the white of the petals. But if you get it right it's going to look stellar.

John

BooZon

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

10/10/2004 06:23:41 AM · #24

Nice... But I think it needed some fill flash to bring out the detail in the petals. Everything else is great especially the background.