Blooming Dogwood

[thehikingdude]

Comments?


-jeff

[sirhc55]

Jeff - if you have read other posts you will realise that I love flower pics. This is no exception but, like others have suggested on one of my recent posts, I would crop some of the left hand side so that the main focus stays on the right hand sharpness.

[the foto fanatic]

Hi Jeff
It looks to me like you've done a nice job with the exposure, which would not have been particularly easy given the variation between the white petals and the dark green. Overall lighting is good, and there is fine detail in the areas which are in focus.
I think Chris is right - the pic may benefit from a tighter crop. The OOF areas can be effective, but there just may be too much of it here.

[dooda]

I would agree with cropping the left hand side, and maybe even a bit off the bottom.

This pic is truly awesome. The dogwood is our provincial flower, and you've really done it justice here. Absolutely beautiful.

[thehikingdude]

Here's a cropped version based on the helpful feedback. Better? Should I try again with some more depth of field?



And for those that are curious, here's the original unedited version. Amazing what a little cropping and photo editing does.


-jeff

[Killakoala]

Awesome pic mate. And now i know what a dogwood looks like, not what i expected.

[sirhc55]

The crop is awesome and most certainly makes for a more powerful pic

[thehikingdude]

Thanks to all of you that suggested the additional cropping. I think it really did make a difference. And to think that I never really did much in the way of cropping until I got the D70, but when shooting RAW it hardly ever seems to show.

Thanks again,

Jeff

[Glen]

Jeff, nice shot, prefer it with the crop and like Killa, just learnt what dogwood looks like