B&W Rose

[R lake]

I thought this turned out better than I thought it would, Does it work?

From My rose bush(I said "bush")

Model: NIKON D40
ISO: 200
Exposure: 1/125 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Focal Length: 270mm
Flash Used: No

[VegasMike]

I think it works. Nice crisp image. Well done.

[R lake]

Originally Posted by VegasMike

I think it works. Nice crisp image. Well done.

Thank you very much, I am still learning.

[utsc2006]

Very nice. Composition is very well done

[vsa]

The flower part could use more contrast. Otherwise it's nice.

[windrider86]

For me, the flower is too dark. try lightening it up a tad and boosting your contrast. That may also be enought to bring out the tiny veins in the petals
Do you have a noise reduction program? I would try and lose some of the noise from the background. Do this on a seperate layer and then mask out the rose. That way you wont soften up your rose

[R lake]

Originally Posted by windrider86

For me, the flower is too dark. try lightening it up a tad and boosting your contrast. That may also be enought to bring out the tiny veins in the petals
Do you have a noise reduction program? I would try and lose some of the noise from the background. Do this on a seperate layer and then mask out the rose. That way you wont soften up your rose

All I have is PICASA so I am limited, I am saving for Elements now so I can do more with my pics. Thanks for the suggestions. I admire you pp skills. I always click on your stuff.

[windrider86]

well, thank you!

[mandyatm]

I really like it. For some reason the chopped off leaf on the right bugs me a little. It would be nice the crop would include the whole leaf, maybe it's just me. Nice shot!

[sinque]

Indeed it works!
Hope you can post some more shots.
sinque