Gaetan Manuel
April 2026 - The Rose
About the Image(s)
This is the photo of an individual flower from a bouquet. I sprayed some water on it. Shot with a Tamron 90mm lens on a Nikon D750 at ISO 100, Aperture f/3.2 and shutter speed 1.6s. The camera was mounted on a tripod. Ambient light in the room during the day. The post processing consisted mainly in a little sharpening, some brightening and the removal of some dirt spots.
5 comments posted
This appears almost as an abstract but clearly a beautiful rose. The dewdrops are a wonderful addition. Posted: 04/05/2026 20:48:20
Thanks Susan. I am trying to move s lo w l y towards abstract and impressionist photography. Posted: 04/07/2026 15:56:07
Beautiful. I love how macro shows us whole new perspectives on the ordinary. Well done. Posted: 04/06/2026 23:22:33
Hi Gaetan: I like your composition a lot, it has a nice pleasant design.
You have used a quite wide aperture setting at F/3.2 which will provide a softer focus which works well here and provides a pleasant soft mood.
As an alternative which would provide a different sharper look would be to use a smaller f stop like in the f/11 to f/16 range.
A good idea to use your tripod here as you have done, it will enable you to fine tune your composition. We cannot see the 4 corners of the frame as the same time. Posted: 04/09/2026 02:42:41
You have used a quite wide aperture setting at F/3.2 which will provide a softer focus which works well here and provides a pleasant soft mood.
As an alternative which would provide a different sharper look would be to use a smaller f stop like in the f/11 to f/16 range.
A good idea to use your tripod here as you have done, it will enable you to fine tune your composition. We cannot see the 4 corners of the frame as the same time. Posted: 04/09/2026 02:42:41
Good idea to try something new (water drops on the flower).
The use of tripod helps a lot. Why not use a wider DoF (as you were on tripod, there is no problem for the speed) to better see the drops. Posted: 04/14/2026 07:40:48
The use of tripod helps a lot. Why not use a wider DoF (as you were on tripod, there is no problem for the speed) to better see the drops. Posted: 04/14/2026 07:40:48