poppy close ups.

[-halli-]

I'd welcome any advice on these. To be honest that were snapped quickly today whilst having a banan-a-que with my Reception kids at school (we're finding out about Australia - some world cup related thing). I didn't really have much time to think about camera settings and composition, and have had a rudimentary tweak in Gimp (upped contrast and saturation, applied a little sharpening)

They look OK to my extremely colour blind eyes. Any tips for next time will be received with great thanks

#1 1/1600, f5.6 (Av mode) 200ISO, 84mm

#2 1/800 (Tv mode), f6.3, 200ISO, 50mm

Oh, and one for fun - the banan-a-cue (hot banana stuffed with chocolate buttons MMmmmmmm!)

 

[jollyjack]

I like them, have taken a few myself this last few months. I only have a few comments, the first one i would like to have seen all of the petals but the detail in the middle is nice, the second one the strip of dirt distracts me alittle taking my eye of the important item in the picture.

I am no expert, just a novice

 

[-halli-]

the first one i would like to have seen all of the petals but the detail in the middle is nice,

Cheers, I do need to work on composition. I'll remember that for the next time. I was trying to capture the detail in the middle, and I guess I neglected the outer edges.

Would a tighter crop work?

the second one the strip of dirt distracts me alittle taking my eye of the important item in the picture.

Again, composition :bonk:

The strip is the concrete path between the vegetable beds in the school garden.

Thank you for the crits. Very helpful