First Try at Flowers

LensCap

Well I've certainly seen better but here goes
C&C Needed!
(Both were at 2.8 with a d40)

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Thanks for looking and please let me know what I can do to improve...these flower things are a little addictive, aren't they?

Lord Vetinari

You did well both good shots with lovely colour and composition.
Brian V.

300m

Same here, they look great to my untrained eye. Nice focus detail

Tommyboy

Not sure what I would do differently. Really nice color.

LensCap

Thanks Everyone! They were shot with the 50mm 1.8 which of course forced me to learn how to manually focus using the d40. Used a reflector on whatever the purple thing is (OK I know what it is, but I can't spell it ) and processing was done with Picasa. Photoshop class starts next week, I can't wait!

Skippy

LensCap wrote:

Well I've certainly seen better but here goes
C&C Needed!
(Both were at 2.8 with a d40)

Thanks for looking and please let me know what I can do to improve...these flower things are a little addictive, aren't they?

Wow both shots are beautiful, but that last shot is very impressive
Beautiful light, sharpness, and composure there LensCap
... Skippy
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LensCap

Gee thanks Skippy! Guess that shows what you can learn by looking through these forums, those are the only 2 flowers I've ever shot . And to think my wife hates our red dining room (background for #2)....

tlee

Excellent POV's, and back grounds. I think that getting a good vs. great image of flowers has a lot to do with POV, and the background.