The Flower Bed

[Don Schaeffer]

Birth and death of a bloom






The Moth




Albinar ADG 28-80mm f3.9

[Frog]

Pretty nice, Don.
The first and third look the same to me.
The first,(and third), might benefit from a little de-saturation...I'm not sure, not being the expert. The direct light on the big leaf is a bit overwhelming but the butterfly/moth pretty well makes it a moot point.
I wish the top right blossom did not go off frame but I always complain about that in peoples shots...sort of a hang up of mine.
Also you need to get rid of that little hot white circle in bottom right, probably with a healing brush..

The middle one looks over processed but that may be the way it actually is. Is it a seed wing of a bug wing?

Maybe someone can tell me why your exif data shows a focal length of 0.0 and an apertrue of f/0.0 ?

[Don Schaeffer]

Thanks Frog. I appreciate the detailed view.

[Frog]

My critique occured when the first and last photo were the same...maybe you were in middle of edit.
So now my comments about the first photo only apply to the third one.
Are you confused? I am.

[Don Schaeffer]

Sorry frog. I goofed up the cut and paste. I was just fixing it when you came on. I used an Albinar lens in manual mode so the exif data is not recorded. Most of the time that will happen with me since I'm using film era lenses almost all the time.