Community Garden Shots

stevehapp

I went over to the community garden yesterday afternoon late in the afternoon. Here are some of the shots i got.

1. mulberry


2. fly


f/11, 1/200, iso40, with onboard flash and homemade softbox/diffuser.

Here is an icon as requested by my son. He loves them. :rofl

ian408

That second shot is pretty nice. I like the depth of field in the shot.

Skippy

stevehapp wrote:

I went over to the community garden yesterday afternoon late in the afternoon. Here are some of the shots i got.

1. mulberry
2. fly

f/11, 1/200, iso40, with onboard flash and homemade softbox/diffuser.

Here is an icon as requested by my son. He loves them.

Is the ISO of 40 a typo?

The fly looks good, as does the Mulberry.
The eye of the fly looks a tad soft ........ nice job Steve

... Skippy
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stevehapp

thanks ian.

skip, ha ha , yip, iso400, not 40..
yeah, i am not getting real sharp pics sometimes. Probably to do with my need to learn better technique...

"from little things big things grow"

Lord Vetinari

Not mad on the mulberry shot- looks a bit tight in the frame.
The fly shot is pretty good but slightly spoilt by the large amount of light OOF flower in front of it. Looks like your focusing is pretty good, just need to watch the composition as well.

Brian V.

stevehapp

thanks brian,

yeah i cropped the mulberry a bit, maybe i shouldnt have.

the white flower was pretty well blown out, i had to bump up the recovery slider heaps..
composition is difficult, i am struggling to just get something in focus, its like juggling five balls at once(exposure, focus, composition, lighting, breathing)
practice will help i hope..

next time i will focus on composition..

cheers..

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Lord Vetinari

stevehapp wrote:

thanks brian,

yeah i cropped the mulberry a bit, maybe i shouldnt have.

the white flower was pretty well blown out, i had to bump up the recovery slider heaps..
composition is difficult, i am struggling to just get something in focus, its like juggling five balls at once(exposure, focus, composition, lighting, breathing)
practice will help i hope..

next time i will focus on composition..

cheers..

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Thought that might be the case - best to master the focus and exposure before moving on to composition . I can still remember the first time Igot a fly reasonably in focus- was really chuffed even though the composition was fairly awful

Brian v.

stevehapp

yeah i notice myself stopping breathing and tensing up when i am trying to get a decent focus.
I think if i just start with the basics like focus and exposure and gradually work up to the other factors..
your advice has been very helpful, thanks..