Thanks, Steve. I really appreciate your suggestions.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 10:44 AM, Steve Cottrell <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
