I spent an hour again this afternoon shooting flowers in a local arboretum. Today proved an important educational day, with the most important lesson being that increased depth of field has its good and bad points. Much of my hour was spent chasing a bumblebee, and while I took some really nice shots of the bee itself, the background is very distracting in most of the shots. Ideally, I need to start taking an artificial background with me so that I don't keep getting distracting half-focused flowers and blades of grass in the background.
Anyway, I took a couple of shots that I do think are okay. This is one of them. A few fewer clouds would've helped the shot, but it's a decent contrast between subject and background nevertheless.
7 comments:
I like that one. Very pretty.
Thanks. I'd be happier with 25% fewer clouds, but it's not bad.
I like the clouds. This makes me think of something you would see in a baby's bedroom.
It does kind of give it that fluffy, snuggles appearance, doesn't it.
I really like the blue sky or overcast sky for the flower shots. These also work great if you want to make the shot B&W.
I agree, I really like the clouds as well. You should have a print made of this to put in your guest room. It would go with your bedspread very well.
It does match the guest room. That's true. Hadn't thought of that.
As for B&W, I am a big fan of black and white shots, but I know that some folks aren't. Lately, I've only been changing things to B&W when it hides imperfections that can be seen in color. I need to learn more about when to go grayscale.
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