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AnG31-0f-d347h

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Well I took this with a 10d if you guys want any more info on it ill go get it.


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I love the color of those...a bit blurry, and some more light from the front/underneath would help get rid of the shadows and bring out the colors more. Otherwise, nice shot
 
It's an okay shot, but that soft focus is hard to ignore :(. You can improve upon it a bit by scaling the image down and sharpening it (most USM I've ever used!), but there's only so much you can do. I don't know the capabilities of the 10D or the lens you used, but I'd say give it another shot and see if you can get something sharper. There is nothing like an orchid to show off a lens's macro capabilities :).
 
Nicely composed, but the flower isn't sharp enough and the background is too focused.
My eyes are distracted by the leaves behind the bloom.
 
thanks for the advice... I just a hold of the camera... trying to capture the ideas of digital vs the usual 35 mm black and whire that im used to.


Im going to work with your comments and the ones FLE gave me


we will see how it goes.
 
Rich_Fray said:
how's this one from the Biltmore House Gardens in Asheville, NC?
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That one is quite nice. It could use a bit of level work, in my opinion, along these lines. That's getting more into personal preference, though; you can tell that leveling up those whites as I have blew some of the (mostly unimportant, low-detail) bright spots.
 
now that I thought of it... would the fact that I shot that in jpg and not raw have a giant effect on it. Im going to assume yes.
 
AnG31-0f-d347h said:
now that I thought of it... would the fact that I shot that in jpg and not raw have a giant effect on it. Im going to assume yes.
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well, for that particular photo, no.

the fact that it is pretty soft is simply because it wasnt properly focused, or more likely, the wind was blowing or you were moving etc.

RAW would llet you fix white balance, fix blown highlights a little bit better, exposure, etc.. all w/o loosing any quality (technically).

i dont personally shoot raw, but that is because i have always beenpretty happy w/ jpg, and i take a LOT of photos so RAW is sometimes not very practical for what i do.
 
Much better! Great depth of field and very sharp, as well. The yellows look a little washed out in some small spots on my monitor, but they're almost not worth mentioning.
 
nice eyes didnt even notice that.

Im sure I could fix that up since I took it Raw... dont know how jsut yet... im new to this digital world... did 35mm forever though.
 
Well #2 is most definitely an improvement. But I do like #! as, well except for the leaves in focus as, was already said. Could also try opening your F-Stop up as well for the close ups. I shoot most of my macros wide open. Are you using the auto settings? If so start playing with your manual settings alot. I only use auto for the run of the mill photos.
Digital isnt all that diffrent from film except you get the result right away so, you can eliminate the processing terror shots.
 
Joves said:
Could also try opening your F-Stop up as well for the close ups. I shoot most of my macros wide open.
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Actually, for macro work you should stop down to f16 or so in order to get better DOF at such close range
 
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