Good stuff!
thank you
Where in the heck was that personal
slave assistant with the diffuser and an extra limb when I needed him
Like I already confessed, I'm still trying to accept the fact that good light is mandatory :headsmack thingy:
I run around and take a bunch of crappy pictures in crappy light and then I look through them and pick out the 'good' ones--and here is my other big confession--the 'good' ones are where
something is in focus
so then I crop to that and cheer
No, seriously, it's true.
This thread is so awesome because it's really opening my eyes and making some connections in my brain. It's really different to look at a picture and think about why--why we like it or why something works or it doesn't or why it would be better if...
It is difficult--a stretch for me--seemingly impossible to do on my own, especially with my own pictures, remarkable how possible it is here with other people's pictures and the encouragement.
And it occurs to me how much I'm already learning this way--it is actually much easier for me to understand (and formulate an improvement plan) when the stuff is spelled out like this as opposed to just getting lucky once in a while with something in focus in marginal quality light.
I took a look back at the original of that daffy...I had nothing more on the bottom, dangit. I cut the top and sides off.
There is another of that same cluster from a slightly different angle, higher in the frame, without the red blob, without the foreleaves obscuring...and without the focus
plus it's blown out
here's another one from that same day
full sides, top cut off--minus the red blob, but it's got a nice dark leaf in the way and the ubiquitous centered composition
I'll try again next year
