Birthday flowers

[JIMC]

My wife got a bunch of flowers for her birthday.Seemed a good chance to experiment.C&C welcome

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee290/vectra07/Macro/closeup1.jpg

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee290/vectra07/Macro/closeup2.jpg

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee290/vectra07/Macro/closeup3.jpg

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee290/vectra07/Macro/closeup4.jpg

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee290/vectra07/Macro/closeup6.jpg

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee290/vectra07/Macro/closeup7.jpg

[HanC]

I love the third one! Really great detail you have caught in the lily :)
the others seem a little soft to me...good idea to experiment though!

[JIMC]

Thanks for the comments.New to this so will try photographing anything.Trial and error method

[HanC]

Thanks for the comments.New to this so will try photographing anything.Trial and error method

I remember when i got my new DSLR at Christmas one of the first things i took photos of was a bouquet of flowers in the kitchen as an experiment! Great minds think alike eh ;)
If u have photoshop software it might be worth playing around with colour curves and sharpening tool to see what difference it makes

:)

[Jophotography]

Yes I agree, they do look a little soft accept from the Lily. I love the Lily very much, great detail and beautiful colours!

[JIMC]

Thanks again.I have P S so will give it a go. Got to learn the ins and outs of that also.:thinking:

[HanC]

There's a really good book called The Digital Photography Handbook by Doug Harman which has camera stuff in it but also covers the basics of Photoshop, its really useful! :D

[wilmorh]

Number 3 is excellent, i keep going back to look at it!! :clap:

[scraggs]

No3 is a really nice shot, just my opinion but had you just got the stamen in it would have been a stonker of a shot.

[Janice]

The ones you are calling 'soft' are actually out of focus.
As said No.3 is great.

[Ajophotog]

I can only add what's already been said really. ;)

[JIMC]

Number 3 is excellent, i keep going back to look at it!! :clap:

This was taken with a Hyundi macro lense I bought of EBay. Got two lenses one was a high optics wide 0.5 X 52 plus macro srewed on to it and another tele 2.0 X 52 plus thread adapter all for £3.50 plus postage, £8 all in.Didn't know what they where, nobody bid on them.

[Ladybird]

No 3 for me as well! lovely shot! :thumbs: