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Mr. QuietMr. Quiet Registered Users Posts: 1,047 Major grins
edited October 2, 2009 in Other Cool Shots
I took this one a few weeks ago before I got my D200. I used a friends camera but my own 60mm macro prime.


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PLEASE CRITIQUE
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  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2009
    It's hard for my eye to get past the creamy blur in the foreground. I think the center part of the flower needs to be sharpest thing, rather than that top bit of petal.

    What focus point setting did you use?

    With a few of your shots now, I have had doubts about your DOF. It might be very worth your while with these macro shots to be able to calculate DOF (or use the camera preview if available) so you get DOF just as you want and it's not left up to chance, as it seems to often be.

    Otherwise, I can see what you were wanting and I think it was a good idea.

    Neil
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,962 moderator
    edited October 1, 2009
    I rather like how the detail emerges out of the creamy bit. It almost looks like something taken by the Hubble telescope, some galactic event from billions of years ago. You could build on that idea by cropping and/or cloning some to get rid of the spike from the petal in the upper right quadrant, which IMO breaks the flow a bit.

    Good work. thumb.gif
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  • Mr. QuietMr. Quiet Registered Users Posts: 1,047 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2009
    NeilL wrote:
    It's hard for my eye to get past the creamy blur in the foreground. I think the center part of the flower needs to be sharpest thing, rather than that top bit of petal.

    What focus point setting did you use?

    With a few of your shots now, I have had doubts about your DOF. It might be very worth your while with these macro shots to be able to calculate DOF (or use the camera preview if available) so you get DOF just as you want and it's not left up to chance, as it seems to often be.

    Otherwise, I can see what you were wanting and I think it was a good idea.

    Neil

    My dear NeilL, that is not a "blurred" foreground, it is sharply IF! That is what I wanted to draw my viewers eye to, not the background creamy blur. As to the focus point, I set that myself...um....spot. I should not call it spot. I can select 11 different focus points, of have the camera do it manually, which I never do. The camera preview is always toooo dark....
    If you work at something hard enough, you WILL achieve your goal. "Me"

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    Tamron SP AF90mm f/2.8 Di 1:1


    Welcome to my NEW website!

    Mr. Christoferson
  • Mr. QuietMr. Quiet Registered Users Posts: 1,047 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2009
    Richard wrote:
    I rather like how the detail emerges out of the creamy bit. It almost looks like something taken by the Hubble telescope, some galactic event from billions of years ago. You could build on that idea by cropping and/or cloning some to get rid of the spike from the petal in the upper right quadrant, which IMO breaks the flow a bit.

    Good work. thumb.gif

    This is the only satifactory crop I came up with...


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    If you work at something hard enough, you WILL achieve your goal. "Me"

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    Tamron SP AF90mm f/2.8 Di 1:1


    Welcome to my NEW website!

    Mr. Christoferson
  • DonRicklinDonRicklin Registered Users Posts: 5,551 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2009
    Mr. Quiet wrote:
    My dear NeilL, that is not a "blurred" foreground, it is sharply IF! That is what I wanted to draw my viewers eye to, not the background creamy blur. As to the focus point, I set that myself...um....spot. I should not call it spot. I can select 11 different focus points, of have the camera do it manually, which I never do. The camera preview is always toooo dark....
    That only seems like a blurred foreground, at first glance, because being the whitest area it pops forward from the dark surround. It is a very 'Escheresque' reaction to the situation.

    Pull the image a bit father away to view and the correct orientation becomes more apparent.

    Lovely image!

    Don
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,962 moderator
    edited October 1, 2009
    Mr. Quiet wrote:
    This is the only satifactory crop I came up with...
    nod.gif Very nice.
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  • Mr. QuietMr. Quiet Registered Users Posts: 1,047 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2009
    Thank you all for commenting, and it seems like I am finally "starting" to get a feel for my style..... I hopefully will continue to improve. The harder you guys rip, the harder I try.....
    If you work at something hard enough, you WILL achieve your goal. "Me"

    D200
    NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4 D
    Tamron SP AF90mm f/2.8 Di 1:1


    Welcome to my NEW website!

    Mr. Christoferson
  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2009
    Ah! Yes! It just flipped! Thanks, sonny mwink.gif, and others...

    Question is, do you want this to happen to other mild-mannered reporters, uh, I mean viewers???

    I do however prefer the tighter crop (my eye still objects to that confused center area, call it stubborn!), and somehow the sharp petal tip is OK now!:D

    I'll still be persnickety and suggest your DOF judgment is not what it should be. eek7.gif

    Neil
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  • Mr. QuietMr. Quiet Registered Users Posts: 1,047 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2009
    Haha, you are being very obdurate about this aren't you my dear friend?rolleyes1.gif I will fight my opinion until I am proven wrong with anyone!

    As to DOF, in this picture I did exactly what I wanted to do. But....I am struggling with controlling my DOF. Now that I have been shooting more, I am starting to get more of a feel for it. Any suggestions on how to improve there?
    If you work at something hard enough, you WILL achieve your goal. "Me"

    D200
    NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4 D
    Tamron SP AF90mm f/2.8 Di 1:1


    Welcome to my NEW website!

    Mr. Christoferson
  • Mr. QuietMr. Quiet Registered Users Posts: 1,047 Major grins
    edited October 1, 2009
    I when back and checked my EXIF, it was shot at f/16.0!
    If you work at something hard enough, you WILL achieve your goal. "Me"

    D200
    NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4 D
    Tamron SP AF90mm f/2.8 Di 1:1


    Welcome to my NEW website!

    Mr. Christoferson
  • NeilLNeilL Registered Users Posts: 4,201 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2009
    Mr. Quiet wrote:
    ...Any suggestions on how to improve there?

    Yes, it's in your siggy! :D:D:D

    But there is a calculation you do using focal length and ??? I'll post it when I find it.

    Neil
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  • Mr. QuietMr. Quiet Registered Users Posts: 1,047 Major grins
    edited October 2, 2009
    Thank youclap.gif
    If you work at something hard enough, you WILL achieve your goal. "Me"

    D200
    NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4 D
    Tamron SP AF90mm f/2.8 Di 1:1


    Welcome to my NEW website!

    Mr. Christoferson
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