2009/6/3 Igor Roshchin <[email protected]>: In all your shots, I'm a bit bothered about the specular highlights. Flash?
> http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2009/IMGP7077.jpg I think this one conveys the droplet pretty well. The arched highlight at the top defines the droplet very nicely, and the lensing effect is pleasing. However the foreground is a bit too dominating for my taste. > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2009/IMGP7077-2.jpg I think this crop works a lot better re: the foreground. :-) My overall favourite, even though I like the composition in one IMG7084 crops better. > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2009/IMGP7077-3.jpg Same as the first. > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2009/IMGP7084.jpg > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2009/IMGP7084-2.jpg The droplet doesn't look as good as in the 7077 exposure, imo. The defining arch at the top is not so visible, and the lensing effect appears a little blurred. Here too I think the centred position of the droplet makes the foreground a bit too cluttered. > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2009/IMGP7080.jpg There's more shape to the foreground in this one, which is something I like. I think I would have cropped out the bright spot towards the bottom. If you want to go with square, you can still crop some off the LH side and end up with all the defined petals within the frame. > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2009/IMGP7080-2.jpg This is the composition I like best. I don't think it emphasise the droplet as well as the previous crops/shots, but there's something about the line of the petal that I find very pleasing. The background is very nice too. > http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2009/IMGP7080-3.jpg I think this one has too many elements distracting from the droplets. Also I think the glistening highlights most problematic in this shot because of the apparent wetness of the RH flower, and again that bright highlight towards the bottom. Remember, though, this is just one guy's very subjective opinion. But since you asked for it... :-) Cheers, Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
