Dry Rose

[aakash_vakil]

Hi Folks -

I have been clicking pictures with my P&S for some time now, but am very very new to DSLR's - 3 days in specific.

Appreciate if you can have a look at the attached image and give your comments.

Technical Details of Picture:
Subject: Dried Rose

Very low light scene with natural light coming in from top right, required a real long exposure - 8-10 seconds with f/25 - camera tripod mounted - Flash not used.

A small home made aluminum foil reflector is kept to the right of flower to get in some details.

Regards,
Aakash Vakil

[KagoGrl]

An excellent shot! I think I would like to see the flower slightly more in focus (I find it a bit soft) and perhaps a blacker dropcloth (I can see a redish tint to this one and it takes away from the stunning rose). All in all though, a fabulous shot!! Play around with the focus and lighting and you should be set!!

[aakash_vakil]

Thanx KagoGrl ! Yes, I will check out some shots for the focus and for the black dropcloth, I guess its time for me to replace my black trousers as it was used as a black dropcloth, which quite clearly is not very black anymore!!

Regards,
Aakash

[Nix]

Lovely shot. Maybe a very subtle backlight would help bring it out a bit. I've used all sorts of things as backdrops, but never trousers!!

[aakash_vakil]

Thanx Nix ! Yeah, I too use all sorts of backdrops - many of them easily available in my wardrobe and make use of it !!