Look at the cute little sweet pea

[blzrd]

'nuff said. Just looking for any advice from you all. I personally now that I look at it more closely love how you can see hints of other flowers in the background but they are too blurry to take you away from the main subject of the photo.

[sdjl]

It's a nice idea, however I think there's too much of the flower out of focus. If you're able to adjust the aperture on your camera, try making it smaller (higher number).

[clockdoc]

Hi,
Even though the flower is a bit soft, the pastel colors make it more acceptable, if that is the right word. I would try a little cropping and concentrate on the main flowers and leave out the 'tendrils' on the left. I don't know your lens but you ay want to experiment with the macro setting on the camera but shoot the flower using the telephoto setting and move farther away. This may give you a bit more depth of field. Don't be afraid of shooting at a higher ISO if it gives you a higher shutter speed or f/stop combination. Noise can be easily removed, to a degree, with software.

[blzrd]

I will see what I can do about the telephoto. There is only so much you can do with a point and shoot for $215. I don't have any control of my exposure lengths, but I can choose my ISO and my f-stop. I will post more pics later in the day.

[blzrd]

Here is my second attempt. Any comments on this one?

[Murtasma]

I like the 2nd image more it has a mickey mouse type feel to it. Next time try bringing a white sheet of paper to place under the flower to try to reflect some light back into the shadows on the flower to get more even lighting. Try diffrent materials to reflect the light back like cloth or even foil if you want to get crazy

[blzrd]

Good Idea. Maybe I will try that in a few since the sun is high up and it is overcast. Should reflect a nice even light.

[Murtasma]

try using a tripod and a higher f-stop like F16 or F22 to get more depth of field when doing really close up stuff.

[clockdoc]

Much better on the second one. You may want to crop off the lighter ten percent or so from the top edge as the light area drraws your eye away from the central theme of the flower. I think you are learning a little more about the capabilities of your camera as well. Good suggestions from murtasma. I hope you will give them a try. Keep studying light and how it affects the image. Nice work.

[blzrd]

can't control my aperature on my camera. Plus I was using a moor man's macro lens. I used two of the magnifying lenses from my binoculars. I just put them in front of my camera and whalla. Very small DOV though. It will work though till I get my XTi