Forum: Photography


Subject: A plant

azy opened this issue on May 04, 2002 ยท 9 posts


CrystalWizard posted Sat, 04 May 2002 at 8:25 AM

I like the image but I have a hard time deciding what the focus is. it can't be the center, i can't see it well enough. it can't be the full circle, the tips of some of the leaves are cut off. Also the focus is fuzzy in strange places with the only completely clear bit of focus being slight off center on a part of the image that seems odd for the focus to really be on. first suggestion is to decide what you're really going to have be the focal point of the image. The use various means to make it stand out. when working close your depth of field is real short, so make sure that your focal point is crisp and clear and let everything else be fuzzy around it. Second suggestion is to pick a subject that is interesting to start with. In this, there's some light and shadow, nothing real dramatic but not bad, and one bit of leaf has a small rip in it. nothing memorable. If you zoom in some on the center, and as Michelle suggested, angle the shot so it's not straight on, you might have a much more interesting image. Or if you need to stay straight on zoom in tight on the center, or back way up so we can see the entire circle, including tips of all the leaves.