One flower, two attemps

[Seb]

Hello,

Here are two shots taken recently. The first one is quite usual in several ways but I liked the lightning.

The second is experimental (for me) in every ways. I deliberately overexposed, played with spot metering and tried an almost square crop.

please criticise

Seb

[Sebastian]

For the first one, I was silent, but the second one got a stong "Ooooooo" out of me. Hopefully that will tell you which I like better.

I think more overexposure to bring out the detail in the second one would have helped. I love the crop.

[bjtindle]

Hello,

Here are two shots taken recently. The first one is quite usual in several ways but I liked the lightning.

The second is experimental (for me) in every ways. I deliberately overexposed, played with spot metering and tried an almost square crop.

please criticise

Seb

I agree, the second one is very striking! What beautiful colors and it is very sharp and clear. I thought the 1st had a little bit of shadow and the size of the flower in the pic was almost overwhelming. Just my thought tho!! Very nice job.

Betty

[Seb]

For the first one, I was silent, but the second one got a stong "Ooooooo" out of me. Hopefully that will tell you which I like better.

I think more overexposure to bring out the detail in the second one would have helped. I love the crop.

Hello Seb,

Thank you for your comment. I will reissue the second picture and overexpose it even more to see what it can do. I have a question regarding that picture in particular. In the lower right corner where it is darker there is some sort of noise which surprise me since I shot at ISO 200. Is this normal as I overexposed and can I fix it (ideally with the camera while shooting or at worst in PS afterward...)

thanks again

Seb

[Seb]

I agree, the second one is very striking! What beautiful colors and it is very sharp and clear. I thought the 1st had a little bit of shadow and the size of the flower in the pic was almost overwhelming. Just my thought tho!! Very nice job.

Betty

Hello Betty,

Thank you for taking the time to comment, I sincerly appreciate. About the second picture and it's sharpness, I must confess that I have somewhat cheated as I have used an aperture of f/9 (where my lense give it's very best). One would usually use a bigger aperture to blurry the background and bring out the flower but I had no background in this particular case as it is totally washed out.

Seb