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djames
Jul-01-2009, 10:21 AM
Playing around with doing something different with floral photos. I am trying to brak away from the usual pictures that I have done in the past. What do you think?

http://djames-photography.smugmug.com/photos/579292982_sGBJ7-L.jpg

And another photo

http://djames-photography.smugmug.com/photos/579293103_t53er-L.jpg

These are both Roses from the Portland Rose Gardens in Oregon.
Eia
Jul-01-2009, 01:05 PM
The first one is my fave! It reminds me of sheets flapping in the wind! Nice detail...beautiful!
rainbow
Jul-01-2009, 02:42 PM
These are beautiful!

On the second one, the front petal area of blur is distracting. I love your compositions.
djames
Jul-01-2009, 02:59 PM
The first one is my fave! It reminds me of sheets flapping in the wind! Nice detail...beautiful!

Thank you Eia. I had not looked at it that way.
djames
Jul-01-2009, 03:01 PM
These are beautiful!

On the second one, the front petal area of blur is distracting. I love your compositions.

That is where the depth of field got me. My focal point when I took the photo was actually on a small spider perched on a petal further back on the rose. It was later that I started cropping to get just the play on shapes and colors.