Fred Giese
September 2023 - DAY LILLY
About the Image(s)
Another in a series of Daylilies. Tech stuff: Canon 100mm f/4 1/40sec ISO 100
A photo is worth a thousand words and normally a lot prettier.
This round’s discussion is now closed!
6 comments posted
Frank Kennedy
Fred - Daylilies make a good subject and well done for photographing them.
As I look at this image to my eye the only part in focus are part of the stamen and pistil which make up about 10% of the frame and get lost in the composition.
Would you consider tightening up on your composition resulting in the subject filling a larger portion of the frame?.
If it had been possible could you have included more room on top. In my view the top has insufficient r0om.
Would you also consider focus stacking this type of flower which would result in the subject being totally in focus? Posted: 09/06/2023 02:38:04
As I look at this image to my eye the only part in focus are part of the stamen and pistil which make up about 10% of the frame and get lost in the composition.
Would you consider tightening up on your composition resulting in the subject filling a larger portion of the frame?.
If it had been possible could you have included more room on top. In my view the top has insufficient r0om.
Would you also consider focus stacking this type of flower which would result in the subject being totally in focus? Posted: 09/06/2023 02:38:04
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Because the focal point of the image is at the top center, a crop is called for, though perhaps not as much as Fred suggests. Here's my take: Posted: 09/15/2023 13:31:19
Love the colors> I agree with both of the suggestions as I think there is a bit too much extraneous flower taking away from the central focus Posted: 09/15/2023 15:17:52
Hi, Fred!
The selective focus on the stamen and pistil highlight these structures for me. The tonal contrast in your image and beautiful soft light reveals rich details that draw me into the flower.
If the goal is to emphasize the focused center then the suggested crops do that for me. Posted: 09/19/2023 11:38:17
The selective focus on the stamen and pistil highlight these structures for me. The tonal contrast in your image and beautiful soft light reveals rich details that draw me into the flower.
If the goal is to emphasize the focused center then the suggested crops do that for me. Posted: 09/19/2023 11:38:17
Great photo. I like the photo as it is. I feel bokeh adds to the mystery of the photo. Posted: 09/23/2023 09:22:40
Fred,I really like this composition for both its luminance and narrative options.
There are so many different types of design options we can create from this image/subject ... like we do for so many on a day to day basis.
This said, your featured work offers more space around the obvious "center", but I must suggest the entire frame is the subject in this case: the space you place us in, easily establishes the context of a complete flower, even we only see a small sample of it ... whereby the other two crops, though viable option if that (is) the intention, provides a deeper sense of abstract than the featured one.
Instead, your composition is more relaxing, if I may.
If I have one complaint, it must be said, I wish the stamen and pistil had more room above it. These are details that must be reviewed through the viewfinder, unless this image was severely cropped from a larger one that still did not favor more space as described. Posted: 09/26/2023 09:33:31
There are so many different types of design options we can create from this image/subject ... like we do for so many on a day to day basis.
This said, your featured work offers more space around the obvious "center", but I must suggest the entire frame is the subject in this case: the space you place us in, easily establishes the context of a complete flower, even we only see a small sample of it ... whereby the other two crops, though viable option if that (is) the intention, provides a deeper sense of abstract than the featured one.
Instead, your composition is more relaxing, if I may.
If I have one complaint, it must be said, I wish the stamen and pistil had more room above it. These are details that must be reviewed through the viewfinder, unless this image was severely cropped from a larger one that still did not favor more space as described. Posted: 09/26/2023 09:33:31