White lantana, flowering plant. Canon A3000, macro settings and overcast weather. Some slight adjustment to brightness and contrast.
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Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on July 6, 2011 at 10:41 AM
This is noisy, soft focus and way too crowded. Best bet is to go back and do it over. And drop the blue border.
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Comment posted by Varina Patel on July 6, 2011 at 5:40 PM
I like the simplicity of the black background - but the image feels very crowded because the entire frame is filled with flowers. The soft, even lighting would work well to bring out the details in those tiny buds - but the extreme noise counteracts that... leaving the image without any clean details after all. I suspect that the camera overcompensated for the overcast conditions by choosing a very high ISO - the result is entirely too much noise. You can choose your own settings in manual mode, I'd recommend choosing a low ISO - 100 would be nice, but 400 may be acceptable with your camera - and putting your camera on a tripod to hold it steady for the longer shutter speed. You'll need to shoot when there is very little wind, to eliminate blur. Alternately, you could use a flash and diffuser - or shoot in bright sun with a diffuser.
Keep working on these flower shots! There is potential here!
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2 commentsKeep working on these flower shots! There is potential here!