What the ant sees.

[pezgt]

I don't know if I like this picture, but it's something different. Not sure if the sky in the upper left hand corner is distracting or not. I was playing around trying to take pictures from different angles. I'm the rookie of rookies when it comes to taking photos.

[TNBDM]

I like the low angle you went with here--not something you see very often. I also like the diagonal framing of the grass.

I'm not sure I'm distracted by the sky as a whole so much as I am the dark streaks in the sky--branches from a nearby tree or bush, maybe? I find myself looking at them and wondering what they are rather than paying as much attention as I should be to the grass itself.

Regardless, nice, fresh angle, and I like the composition.

[pezgt]

Originally Posted by TNBDM

I like the low angle you went with here--not something you see very often. I also like the diagonal framing of the grass.

I'm not sure I'm distracted by the sky as a whole so much as I am the dark streaks in the sky--branches from a nearby tree or bush, maybe? I find myself looking at them and wondering what they are rather than paying as much attention as I should be to the grass itself.

Regardless, nice, fresh angle, and I like the composition.

I'm not sure what those streaks are eaither. I din not notice them untill I upload the pic into the computer. Maybe I'll try and get another shot if and when the sun comes out.

[mikem12188]

...and it seems to be just a tad blurry. Try setting your camera on a bean bag or even on the ground to get rid of the blurries.

[CyberF828]

Not to say I know it all I would say a bean bag would have done the same thing, its just the camera focused on the grass.

[wulf]

The dark blurs over the sky look like something very out of focus (I've had similar problems with hair on windy days). The bean bag would have helped avoid any camera shake and might have got the grass a bit crisper.

I think the shot (or something similar) might benefit from a bit of post processing to make the green a bit brighter; it is a touch underexposed because the camera is also trying to cope with the brightness of the sky.

Wulf

[CyberF828]

I thought it just looked like the camera focused in on the grass and not the background. Wulf you think it was camera shake?

[ratmanratty]

Originally Posted by CyberF828

I thought it just looked like the camera focused in on the grass and not the background. Wulf you think it was camera shake?

I think Mikem and Wulf are referring to the grass itself not being as sharp as perhaps it could have been, rather than the background.

Im fairly new to photography myself and could be completely wrong, but my guess is that you used a very wide aperture to achieve a shallow depth of field throwing the background/sky out of focus, which would seem to be the right thing to do in order to prevent the viewer from being distracted from the grass by the background.

But perhaps the aperture was a bit too wide. Would a slightly smaller apperture have increased your depth of field enough to keep more of the blades of grass in sharp focus but still have achieved enough blurring of the background to prevent the viewer being distracted?

Anyway, good luck with it, regardless of any technical issues with image sharpness which may or may not exist I think the extreme camera angle makes this a very interesting image.

[CyberF828]

I am new myself to photography only a few years under the belt I hope to learn as much as I can from this site. I am glad I found it its very pleasant here.

[pezgt]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions. It was a windy day when I took the photo. There probably is camera shake due to the fact I was in a akward position trying to achieve the angle. I'm using a Kodak Z612 and typicaly use the auto settings, but have been trying to learn the manual settings. The info on this shot is f 4.8 1/200. I do need to invest in a tripod. Thanks again for the input.