Fern love! (Looking for Critiques)

05/01/2004 11:00:09 PM · #1

How can this photo be better? I have now finally started using my camera to its potential, and now I just need to finetune everything. Critiques please! Thank you.

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

05/02/2004 12:50:06 AM · #2

burrrump

Sonifo

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

05/02/2004 12:52:05 AM · #3

Wow, the lighting is great! The background is a bit distracting. Maybe get closer to the fern or crop it.

ellamay

Canon EOS-1D Mark II

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

05/02/2004 01:03:46 AM · #4

could also a lower number aperature to get a greater depth of field, and I agree with sonifo, crop a lil more.

05/02/2004 10:24:19 AM · #5

Thanks to you 2 so far

moodville

Nikon D100

05/02/2004 11:03:58 AM · #6

I like the mix of blue and green in the background, they go well together, although the red smudge demands my attention because it's different. The background is isolated enough for me with the dof, although the overhang ferns on the left could be cloned out so they dont compete with the foreground fern. The right side of the foreground fern does have a few leaves OOF but I dont think detracts too much, at least not for me. The tip does seem a little brighter than the rest and as such has lost some of the detail.

It's not a bad shot, the above are just problem areas I would look at if the shot was mine and wished to correct or learn from.

Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5D

05/02/2004 04:56:36 PM · #7

Originally posted by moodville:

Thank you =)

mcrael

Nikon D300

05/02/2004 11:05:12 PM · #8

I like the depth of field just the way it is. Lighting may be just a little too harsh on the fern leaves, but that's just my taste. Try a vertical composition, that is, when composing this shot, rotate the camera 90 degrees. There's just a little too much empty space to the right.