Stuart Ord
October 2021 - Carthusian Pink
About the Image(s)
Taken in a delightful garden called Nymans in south England, July 2021.Nothing much to say about it- I just like it!
Olympus OM-D E-M1ii, Olympus 60mm macro lens, natural light, f8, 1/200 sec, ISO 500, processed in Affinity from RAW. It’s a pity that the EXIF doesn’t record the magnification (which is displayed in a window in the lens, so clearly it knows this value!). But it does tell me that the focus distance was 0.3m and the depth of field was “5mm (0.298m to 0.302m)” (no they can’t do arithmetic, or more likely it’s a rounding error). That means it was less than 1:1 (sorry!) but not far off if related to full frame.
This round’s discussion is now closed!
6 comments posted
Stuart, I think you've done a great job with the capture of the flower with a wonderful feeling of overall sharpness. The perspective is also very pleasing for me in this image in that it feels like it is coming toward me. Did you consider removing that vertical blade of grass (or leaf?). It does detract for me because it pulls my eye to it repeatedly. I think removing it and decreasing the clarity on the overall background would be something to try? Posted: 10/04/2021 13:04:55
Hi Carol
Thanks
I did wonder about removing it, as it is well out of focus, but being a geometric sort of guy I liked the 3 radial lines. You are probably right about the clarity - it's something that I like, but recognise that I probably over-do it. I suppose I'm a bit paranoid about sharpness as in the past I've been criticised for lack of it, and increasing the clarity does help with an impression of sharpness I think. I'll give it a go! Posted: 10/04/2021 14:02:38
Thanks
I did wonder about removing it, as it is well out of focus, but being a geometric sort of guy I liked the 3 radial lines. You are probably right about the clarity - it's something that I like, but recognise that I probably over-do it. I suppose I'm a bit paranoid about sharpness as in the past I've been criticised for lack of it, and increasing the clarity does help with an impression of sharpness I think. I'll give it a go! Posted: 10/04/2021 14:02:38
my eye goes to the blue and underneath which are especially in focus - so that to me is the plane of focus. good job on the petals they seem in focus [more than I would have guessed they all could be]. nice vibrant colors. Posted: 10/23/2021 15:27:31
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Lovely job with this flower. It's certainly pleasing to my eye and reads as a macro. I do agree about the grass behind being a bit of a distraction. Here's my rendition: Posted: 10/29/2021 13:06:53
Yes, the extra blurring does improve it, thanks Tom.
I gave a macro talk to my club a few days ago and was pointing out the further benefit of stacking as it gives depth of field control such that you can get a blurrier background as well as increased depth of field of the subject area. Most would say that such an outdoor shot can't be done hand-held and out of doors. However, the Olly does internal focus bracketting, and internal stacking up to 15 frames, taken at 60 fps so movement is minimised, and I should have tried that. But there's more than one way to skin a cat (do you have that saying there??), and post processing has done a good job. Posted: 10/30/2021 03:11:17
I gave a macro talk to my club a few days ago and was pointing out the further benefit of stacking as it gives depth of field control such that you can get a blurrier background as well as increased depth of field of the subject area. Most would say that such an outdoor shot can't be done hand-held and out of doors. However, the Olly does internal focus bracketting, and internal stacking up to 15 frames, taken at 60 fps so movement is minimised, and I should have tried that. But there's more than one way to skin a cat (do you have that saying there??), and post processing has done a good job. Posted: 10/30/2021 03:11:17
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We do have that saying here. Your Olly has quite a few sophisticated tools under its hood. There's not much automated with my DSLR, but I can't see myself upgrading when it does what I need it to. Posted: 10/30/2021 07:56:13