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Postby whitey on Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:41 pm

Shot with D80 and Tamron 90mm. Not entirely happy but feel like they are slowly improving. Struggling to get DOF right with the macro lens.

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Re: Flowers

Postby Pa on Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:29 pm

hi i think there's to much happening in the images...to many focal points...in a situation like this 1 or 2 flowers do a better job for me
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Re: Flowers

Postby jase80 on Mon Oct 06, 2008 7:40 pm

Love the way the purple/yellows "pop" against the green.

Nice shot.
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Re: Flowers

Postby stubbsy on Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:24 pm

As presented here #2 is a better image, but I think #1 has room for considerable improvement by bumping the contrast and/or adjusting the curves to make the whites whiter and the blacks blacker to give the image a little more "pop"
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Re: Flowers

Postby whitey on Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:14 pm

Pa wrote:hi i think there's to much happening in the images...to many focal points...in a situation like this 1 or 2 flowers do a better job for me


I know what you mean, I made these busy on purpose it was the effect I was after. I have a few with only a few flowers in them. Will get them up a little later as #1 is especially busy now that I look at it.

jase80 wrote:Love the way the purple/yellows "pop" against the green.

Nice shot.


Thanks, thats what I liked about the shot as well. I really like the bokeh the Tamron 90mm provides (so much that I often overdo it.)

stubbsy wrote:As presented here #2 is a better image, but I think #1 has room for considerable improvement by bumping the contrast and/or adjusting the curves to make the whites whiter and the blacks blacker to give the image a little more "pop"


Thanks for the feedback on pp stubbsy, I will give it a go. My pp skills are pretty basic atm so it may take a bit. Really appreciate the feedback though.
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Re: Flowers

Postby whitey on Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:22 pm

stubbsy wrote:As presented here #2 is a better image, but I think #1 has room for considerable improvement by bumping the contrast and/or adjusting the curves to make the whites whiter and the blacks blacker to give the image a little more "pop"


mmm, I think I have overdone it a bit but is this on the right track?

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Re: Flowers

Postby jase80 on Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:09 pm

Wow, big difference. Much better contrast wise. Almost a 3D effect now.
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