Critique Iris flower : round 2

[Gav.]

Hi,

I tried again with some more angles, I have picked these 2 as the best of the bunch.

All C&C welcome as always

Thank you for looking

Gav


IRIS-2 by Gavin Wickham, on Flickr


IRIS-3 by Gavin Wickham, on Flickr

 

[sirch]

Very nice, I particularly like the first

 

[Gav.]

Very nice, I particularly like the first

Thank you

 

[cargo]

Yes the first appeals to me too.

Gaz

 

[Hewitt]

I very much like the symmetry of the second one although both are very good!

 

[Gav.]

Yes the first appeals to me too.

Gaz

Thanks Gaz

I very much like the symmetry of the second one although both are very good!

Thanks Bob

 

[K9Kirk]

Very nice, and very interesting flower.

 

[Gav.]

Very nice, and very interesting flower.

Thanks Kirk

 

[CavGez]

I like the symmetry of the second. What was the focal length and aperture?

 

[Gav.]

I like the symmetry of the second. What was the focal length and aperture?

Hi, Thank you, I used a fixed 15mm wide angle macro lens on Canon 760D at f/22 with twin flash head lens mounted, the flower was just 4mm off the front of the glass. Hope this helps

 

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No2 for me Gav- could be framed on a wall


Les

 

[Compuwight]

Very good shots, superb lighting #1 for me

 

[CavGez]

Hi, Thank you, I used a fixed 15mm wide angle macro lens on Canon 760D at f/22 with twin flash head lens mounted, the flower was just 4mm off the front of the glass. Hope this helps

Wow, not what I was expecting at all, interesting.... Does explain the DoF in the first shot, even with that aperture.

 

[Gav.]

No2 for me Gav- could be framed on a wall


Les

Thank you

 

[Gav.]

Very good shots, superb lighting #1 for me

Thank you

 

[Gav.]

Wow, not what I was expecting at all, interesting.... Does explain the DoF in the first shot, even with that aperture.

The Iris was around 35mm wide and the macro lens with full flash really picked it up, it does need a tiny bit more depth, but I like