On 23/7/17, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: >The echinacea is commonly called the coneflower, but I don't usually use >that name. When he petals are at their best, the central seed pod is >pretty flat. It's only after the pedals begin to fade that it begins to >look like a "cone"flower: > >http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2017/7/23/coneflower >K-5 IIs, FA 100mm F2.8 macro > >Comments are criticisms are both invited and appreciated.
I don't normally do this Dan but that's such a 'nearly but not quite' shot. YMMV but: 1. I'd put that dead centre of frame if it were me. 2. I'd reshoot it with maximum DoF - possibly shooting at different focus settings and amalgamating the images to provide as much focus across the subject. If not possible, I would concentrate focus on the majority of the 'cone' part at the top. 3. The stem has a burnt out highlights - edit or reshoot. The colour saturation and the contrast is lovely for me. I think it's such a good shot that it's worth re-doing :-) Hope this is received in the spirit it was offered. (said he who knows bugger-all about close-up plant photography) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) | Live Broadcast News ---------- <www.seeingeye.tv> _____________________________ -- 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.
