Daisy Field

Diane, I like the wide angle view, and the way you got close to the up front daisy to exaggerate its size. This adds interest to the daisy field and makes your image stand out. I also like your management of the depth of field, with the large daisy in focus front to back, and the background out of focus. Well done. Compositionally, I probably would have followed standard comp rules and moved the large daisy off center - probably a bit to the right. This would have avoided splitting the image in two, and also would have helped fill the empty space in the LRC. However, rules are made to be broken, and the large daisy in the center really commands the viewer's attention, so this works well as is in my opinion.

The close up view of this daisy is great and the softly oof flowers in the background are a great supporting crew. Scott's comments about placement are on target. You could crop this to a square (or nearly square) from the right and move subject off center, which for me makes for a stronger and more focused picture. (For me, it's about the star flower and the supporting chorus, with the leafy area in the lower right and the white blurs in the upper right not adding much to the story.) You won't get anything like this superwide view with the 100mm, but it's a great performer for macro work.

BTW, welcome to NPN.

Diana - Some good suggestions already. I like the Daisy in the center with very good DOF and rest of the frame relatively OOF. What are those blue patches in the background ?

Only other suggestion (which I practice myself) is to make sure the corners of the frame do not have anything that distracts. I feel by moving around a little bit or composing a bit tighter the large black area in the ULC could have been better managed.

Thank you for the feedback. I can't incorporate the feedback into this photo but will keep this in mind for future shoots. I really enjoy this new community of photographers.

This is very well done, and everyone has covered the things that could make it even better. I like the crop to remove the stick on the right side and maybe clone out the partial flower on the upper left side. Always watch your edges when composing, or crop or clone intruders.

Very imaginative composition, Diana - i love how the distant flowers seem almost to fly past the main one ! The light on the large daisy is spot on - the centre detail and the petal textures have come out really well. Points made by others aside this works well.

I like this, although the bits of blue in the BG are mildly distracting. I would be tempted to desaturate the blue and bring the brightness of the main daisy down a little to see if I could bring out more structure in the daisy petals. I also think framing the large daisy further to the right would eliminate the clipped OOF flower and lessen the impact of the dark area in the ULC. I might even go so far as to do a little dodging to bring out more detail there. Finally, if you choose to leave the daisy centered, I would check the edges for clipped/distracting objects (as others have mentioned) and clone them out.

Now, after getting smacked with the huge foreground/subject flower, I really like following the background flowers as they arc around it and trail off into the unseen eternal field of daisies. You've mastered the wide angle comp; it'll be much different with the 100/2.8 and a fun experiment for you.

Diana: Very nice image in some tough light. I like the airy feel of this. Well seen and captured. >=))>