Pink Frangipani

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Untouched, did not have the heart to edit this, liked it just the way I took it... Natural.




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this is magnificent for untouched. I think that if you had used a narrower aperature, you could have gotten more of the stem in focus. there are 3 or 4 little black dots that I would clone out on the lower right petal

Hi Fay and thank you for a very useful comment. I take it a narrower aperature would mean higher number F-stops like f8 or f11?(mine only goes to f11). I am not the brighest when it comes to the technical side of things
I did notice a few spots that needed to be cloned, but that would not have made it 'untouched'
I didn't realize until today, that the photos I took of the frangipani were all done by accident with an ND filter on.
And I am not a blonde

I also thank you for your part in my being able to recieve email notification on my uploads. I had been battling with this too. All sorted now.

Many thanks....Claire

I would say that your stop should have been at least 8.0
I still remember the struggle I had for my mind to grapple with aperature...my brain seemed to go in knots (the # system seems to go against how our brain has been programmed over the yrs...anything to complicate life). I would say that understanding aperature will become one of your most important basic tools.

Your focus is great, it just doesn't go deep enough. Well you ND may have been a good thing...saves blowouts on the white.

Hi Claire it's really good for being untouched ... I like the comp of it ... and think it shows it well against the black background.
Cheers
Else

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Falls nicely within the frame. Lighting is wonderful and subdued.
Only real crits are it looks a little soft overall and those black spots that Fay mentioned.
Lovely images

Many thanks to all of you. I will try this again soon. My eyes have opened and found these growing in my neighbours front yard This shot came from miles away and carefully cartered it home in a takeaway container with water in it, as I was doing the rounds at work. When I saw these...I just thought at the time they would look good on black. Must get myself some black velvet.