I think it needs more depth of field. Fully half or more of the
blossoms are out of focus. But maybe it could get by with even less
depth of field instead by blurring those out of focus parts even more.
My problem with the image is that the out of focus bits are not enough
out of focus to keep my eyes from trying to focus them. There is also a
vertical light streak at far left. I would agree with removing the
blossom at far right but would prefer that it be more fully included if
you should reshoot it. There is plenty of space in the frame. Cropping
or removal decisions can be made later.
I'm glad that you've finally got broadband. But yhere should be no
problem with your mail just because your ISP and mail providers are
different. Something else is awry.
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/8/2011 10:48 AM, Brian Swale wrote:
> Here is one of a series of flower studies I have done over the last month.
>
> This one has just been entered into an online competition at Photo and
> Video (Merivale). I am also considering using it as a Christmas present.
>
> What do you think of it as a candidate for framed art? I'm considering
> removing the partial flower on the lower RHS.
>
> The left image. It is a native New Zealand plant. Rare in nature, but it lends
> itself to garden culture. I grew this plant myself from a cutting about 4
> years
> ago. For me this is rather a special species.
>
> http://www.brianswale.com/zuikoholics/October-2011/Oct-2011.htm
>
> I've now got broadband. What a difference it makes to uploading images !!
>
> However, it gives me problems at sending mail and I have to revert to dialup
> for that. This is because the bb is though slingshot, and my mail ISP is
> snap.net. I tried using SSL for sending but that failed to work :-(
>
> Brian Swale.
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