Single Flower

[Faith Huddleston]

Couldn't resist taking this picture with the sun shining on it. I took this in the very late afternoon.and the red was just glowing which I tried captured . (1) Was I able to capture the lighting properly? (2) Did I compose the shot well enough? (4) Does the DOF fit this image without too much being out of focus that it detracts from the subject?



Kodak Z981
Shutter: 1/100
Manual
Aperture: f 4.0
Focal Length: 14.70mm
ISO 64
Daylight\

I do not have a tripod so I tried propping the camera on the back of a chair. (Will eventually get a tripod). Is the flower sharp enough??

Thanks,
Faith

[Tito87]

Originally Posted by Faith Huddleston

Couldn't resist taking this picture with the sun shining on it. I took this in the very late afternoon.and the red was just glowing which I tried captured . (1) Was I able to capture the lighting properly? (2) Did I compose the shot well enough? (4) Does the DOF fit this image without too much being out of focus that it detracts from the subject?



Kodak Z981
Shutter: 1/100
Manual
Aperture: f 4.0
Focal Length: 14.70mm
ISO 64
Daylight\

I do not have a tripod so I tried propping the camera on the back of a chair. (Will eventually get a tripod). Is the flower sharp enough??

Thanks,
Faith

I like the composition; I would've liked the flower a little sharper and the background a little more out of focus. There's also a very bright spot on the top of the frame that kind of makes my eyes wonder away from the flower.

[Faith Huddleston]

I wondered about that light at the top of the picture, but couldn't figure a way to crop it out and couldn't move the flower. Thank you for your comments.

Ms. Faith

[Tito87]

Originally Posted by Faith Huddleston

I wondered about that light at the top of the picture, but couldn't figure a way to crop it out and couldn't move the flower. Thank you for your comments.

Ms. Faith

This is just an idea as to what you can do with your background: bring the saturation down a notch, darken it a bit and blur it. That will eliminate the distracting bright spot on top of the frame; don't let any of the adjustment affect the flower, though. Then, if you want, you can sharpen the flower a little after you're done with the background. Hope it helps a bit.