Tim,
It is a very interesting effort.
The detail and the focus in the first image is very good, but I am
not captivated by the imnage.
The image with the bee would've been the best, but the bee is OOF,
and that's the disappointments I've had several times while trying to get
this type of shots: either the bee or the flower would be OOF.
I like the abstract and somewhat mesmerizing pattern in the 3rd photo.
In the 4th, - the middle portion of the flower, which is completely
yellow, doesn't show well due to the lack of contrast: it looks almost
like a continuous yellow spot. The shallow DOF is not helping either.
(And that's on my calibrated [just 2 weeks ago] Dell U-2410.)
I've seen this type of challenge with some of the unicolored flowers.
I that photo were mine, I would try to boost up the contrast and
sharpen with the edge mask taken to a high value- to enhance the edges of
the features in the middle.
Hope this helps.
And now, the nerdy part, - since you've posted it already, - it has been
taken a bit ahead of the equinox. But you probably know that...
Brian was very kind to post this convenient link that tells you when the
equinox is in your area:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?continent=namerica&iso=20140923T0229&msg=September%20Equinox%202014
http://tinyurl.com/pmmh9qp
(Just in case you missed that message.)
Cheers,
Igor
On Sun, Sep 21, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote:
Strapped the wonderful old 100mm F2.8 (pre-WR model) on the Fujifilm
and stalked plant sex organs. Caught a bee too!
https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2014/09/21/Equinox-close-ups
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