Dahlias #2

Posted by Andy Bell on Sun May 24, 2015 11:16 am

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A different take on the same flowers. Natural light only this time.

NX500, 60MM macro lens, F8, 160th second.

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by Tom Whelan on Sun May 24, 2015 7:44 pm

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I like the colors, but the drop details in the other view add a lot.

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by Matthew Pugh on Mon May 25, 2015 1:37 am

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Hi

I like the colours and the lighting effects are working well enough but for my tastes I would prefer a more stopped down view of this composition, or a more open aperture with a more focus single point primary interest

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by Carol Clarke on Mon May 25, 2015 8:51 am

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Just to be awkward I prefer the softness of this view!

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by Andy Bell on Mon May 25, 2015 12:28 pm

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Thanks for the comments. I've only just doing macro again (after many years without a macro lens) so everything is experimental for me at the moment. I deliberately wanted a softer feel to this image. Whether it's better than the other one I do not know. It's different