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Turned Tulip
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Donald K. Cherry |
Very pretty floral image, Mary! I really like your PoV, color and lighting! Nicely done! Merry Christmas!
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MaryMcGrathPhotography.com - Mary B. McGrath Contact Mary B. McGrath Mary B. McGrath's Gallery |
Glad you like it, but I am very critical of my work, and would like to improve on this image. Happy Holidays!
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Vladan D. Djordjevic |
Great perspective, colors, effects! Merry Christmas to you and your family!
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Theresa M. VanderStaay |
This is beautiful Mary...The color and clarity is great...I like the POV in which you have taken this one...Shows a different view of this beautiful tulip...I think you've done a great job on this one....I am glad you posted it! :o)Tessa
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MaryMcGrathPhotography.com - Mary B. McGrath Contact Mary B. McGrath Mary B. McGrath's Gallery |
Thank you all for your support of my macro efforts. It's all a work in progress, and thanks to digital, you can always erase and start over!
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Robert N. Valine |
Nice image! Actually Mary, I think the softness is kind of appealing. If you wanted to improve on overall sharpness, I would suggest trying a longer lens that would flatten perspective a little. What length macro are you using ? It looks like a short focal length. Maybe 60 or 90mm ? Try 200 or 300mm and pull back a little. More of the image will be sharp. I like the 75-200mm zoom length for macro flower shots.What was your aperture setting? Try your smallest aperture setting on the lens to give you maximum depth of field.
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MaryMcGrathPhotography.com - Mary B. McGrath Contact Mary B. McGrath Mary B. McGrath's Gallery |
It's a 100 mm macro lens. I think the depth of field was 2.8, as I was trying to keep the shutter speed high to avoid camera shake. Thanks for the suggestions!
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Robert N. Valine |
I kind of figured it was a 90 or 100mm. That lens may be fine for what you are doing. If you are using a tripod you shouldn't have any trouble with camera shake. A shutter release would definately help though. I shoot a lot of my flowers at f5.6 This gives a good combination of sharpness and softness. Usually I'm using an 80-200mm zoom for quick easy framing. This lens works well in combination with close up diopters. I also use 35,50 and 135mm primes on occasion. I took a look at your gallery and your photos are very nice. Your Bio is very impressive. Good Luck in the contest and have a Merry Christmas!
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lauriedailyphotos.com - Laurie Daily Contact Laurie Daily Laurie Daily's Gallery |
A beautiful image, Mary! Congratulations to you on this finalist! I understand your frustrations at times with sharpness. It is something I continue to work on. Thank you Rob for some of your insight...I will definitely re-evaluate how I am shooting my flowers and try some new things!
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MaryMcGrathPhotography.com - Mary B. McGrath Contact Mary B. McGrath Mary B. McGrath's Gallery |
I need to use my tripod more, especially the larger one, but I'm sometimes too lazy. I wonder where my shutter release is? Hmmmmmmmmm.....thanks for visiting!
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Ivan Chacon |
Very beautiful, congrats Mary! :)
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