No, I think I would go back and shoot some more - you should try many things to see what is going to work best. If you are only taking a shot or two, then you are not exploring the subject to it's fullest.
-- Best regards, Bruce Monday, September 10, 2007, 1:31:59 PM, you wrote: R> Thanks guys. I see what you mean, I hadn't looked at it that way, and R> it's good to know. Do you think this picture would lend itself to one R> flower being colored, like this? R> http://picasaweb.google.com/rg2pdml/PESO/photo?authkey=W1C-i05p28o#5108675641377599890 R> Or should I just go back and take a better picture? :o) R> Thanks for taking the time to comment! R> rg2 R> On 9/10/07, Bruce Dayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hello Rebekah, >> >> I like the color better. This is a real difficult shot to execute >> because of the DOF issue. You will not be able to get all of the >> flowers in focus, so picking the focus point is crucial. As >> presented, the focus point doesn't jump out at me - it looks more >> towards the middle. This causes my eyes to jump back and forth to >> settle on the middle and wonder why there are so many other roses in >> the composition. Hopefully you see what I am getting at. Perhaps >> focus on the front flowers with the OOF slowly receding would be >> better - or fewer flowers - or much increased DOF, meaning tripod and >> stopped way down. Right now it just feels to busy without my eye >> comfortably settling on a subject. >> >> -- >> Bruce >> >> >> Monday, September 10, 2007, 12:21:41 PM, you wrote: >> >> R> So last week I was playing with my camera, a flashlight and some >> R> flowers. This picture's my favorite, but I'm undecided (as usual) if >> R> I like it in color or B&W. I cropped it down a little bit too. All >> R> comments and advice welcome ? >> >> R> http://picasaweb.google.com/rg2pdml/PESO?authkey=W1C-i05p28o >> >> >> R> rg2 >> >> R> -- >> R> "the subject of a photograph is far less important than its composition" >> >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> R> -- R> "the subject of a photograph is far less important than its composition" -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
