Fortnightly Competition Midnight 9 Jan to Midnight 23 Jan - Shallow Depth Of Field

[graham harcombe]

Right, time for upsy/downsies... Going up is John (John&Me) with the gloriously focussed anther and filament of an unidentified flower. The question is how to critique this shot; it hits the spot that was asked for in the challenge, but for me it loses out as a stand alone picture because it has a star but is lacking a supporting cast. Nice bokeh though.

Christine (DigiDiva) has a lovely shot with those tomatoes. Looking at the exif data, it's an amazingly long exposure, was this natural light? I'd have been tempted to get rid of the spurious droplets of light. Lovely detail on the green stalk!

[DigiDiva]

Originally Posted by graham harcombe

Right, time for upsy/downsies... Going up is John (John&Me) with the gloriously focussed anther and filament of an unidentified flower. The question is how to critique this shot; it hits the spot that was asked for in the challenge, but for me it loses out as a stand alone picture because it has a star but is lacking a supporting cast. Nice bokeh though.

Christine (DigiDiva) has a lovely shot with those tomatoes. Looking at the exif data, it's an amazingly long exposure, was this natural light? I'd have been tempted to get rid of the spurious droplets of light. Lovely detail on the green stalk!

This wasn't natural light Graham. Thanks for feedback, much appreciated.

I haven't done miine yet, sorry. Will do it soon.

[DigiDiva]

My ups and downs:
UP - Grahams First Snowdrops -lovely to see something so spring like. Filled the frame beautifully but I felt that maybe the main ocus on one drop, closer in, would have more fitted the brief.

Down- gidders Measued In Thou-lovely sharp crisp image, well balanced and grest reflection, just felt that this time the reflection detrated the eye from the focus point.