Cindy Smith
April 2025 - Garvan Woodland Gardens Tulips
About the Image(s)
Increased contrast and dehaze slightly??”slight sharpening
Canon EOS R Mark II
Canon 24-105
ISO 320 105mm f/9 1/40 sec
7 comments posted
Tulips are a great Spring subject! I love the red color - and also that you achieved pleasing bokeh (foreground and background) despite the f9 aperture; likely due to the fact that you were pretty close to the flower of primary interest. Do you think the tree trunk helps or hurts the image? Posted: 04/06/2025 07:07:48
Truthfully, I was so focused on finding one of the tulips in good focus that I totally missed the tree!!! Should have either cropped it out or photoshopped it out!! Thank you. Posted: 04/06/2025 16:19:59
Hi Cindy,
I can really see what you were going for with the focus. I didn't notice the tree until I read Steven's comment. I learn so much from seeing these images and then reading the comments of the rest of the group. Inevitably, people notice things that I don't, or have ideas for improvement that didn't occur to me. One thing that struck me is the inclusion of the pink tulip. There is only one, so it stands out, but it is out of focus. Perhaps it would have been better to exclude it? Posted: 04/08/2025 15:50:56
I can really see what you were going for with the focus. I didn't notice the tree until I read Steven's comment. I learn so much from seeing these images and then reading the comments of the rest of the group. Inevitably, people notice things that I don't, or have ideas for improvement that didn't occur to me. One thing that struck me is the inclusion of the pink tulip. There is only one, so it stands out, but it is out of focus. Perhaps it would have been better to exclude it? Posted: 04/08/2025 15:50:56
Interesting comment about people "seeing" different things. I didn't see the pink tulip :) Posted: 04/11/2025 13:02:58
Very nice photo of Spring flowers! I like how you handled the DOF on this image. Also, excellent handling of the colors throughout. I agree with Jennifer on possibly removing the pink tulip in the foreground. Perhaps also consider removing the white tulip in the lower right corner (I'm not 100% sure on this, but perhaps experiment and see what it looks like without that tulip). Nice work, thanks for sharing! Posted: 04/10/2025 20:33:44
I agree with Jennifer about "seeing" things that others don't. Again, I think I was so focused on focusing on that one tulip that everything else was not in my line of sight. Thank you all for your comments. Posted: 04/11/2025 15:23:05
Congratulations on what I judge to be a successful exercise in selective focus. It seems obvious to me that this is a very well-conceived composition. I assume you lay on the ground and up close to the tulips. The one full focus tulip in the middle appears to me to be your main subject.
When I give thought to what I might have done differently, it appears that a vertical crop might strengthen the image. This crop could eliminate the two tulips (one on either side of the main subject) that are in near focus and try to compete with the subject, as well as removing the tree trunk. Posted: 04/13/2025 19:37:38
When I give thought to what I might have done differently, it appears that a vertical crop might strengthen the image. This crop could eliminate the two tulips (one on either side of the main subject) that are in near focus and try to compete with the subject, as well as removing the tree trunk. Posted: 04/13/2025 19:37:38