Rose with a 50mm f1.8

[mEasy27]

This was shot using a OM 50mm f1.8 on a Olympus E420 body

[llewpics]

I have E-410 and just got 1.8 50mm lens - I love it ...DOF is great ...and excellent sharpness as well. Did you have to use the tripod?

[armando_m]

woah! very colorful with such a 3d feeling

very nice

[mEasy27]

No tripod. I put the rose in a snow bank in front of the sun. Shutter speed was super fast..

Thanx. I'm still learning about post processing.

[LeeIs]

sweet tones in this one. lovely exposure and DOF.

The green leaf distract me a bit here. They overwhelm what is otherwise a super soft loverly capture. I never shoot flowers because it's really tough and I would never know to leave the stem in or not.... Also at the bottom right of the flower, there seems to be some unruly leaves and stem.

in short, i love the flower and BG. not so crazy about the bottom parts of anything not flower. I hope that made sense.

still though very beautiful!!

[mEasy27]

Thanx for the comments. The wind was blowing a lot too.

[ScapeGrace]

Gorgeous colors! I'm not this picky but in the sake of critiquing the upper left corner has a dark shadow, and also that right most petal could use a bit more lighting, that stark shadow doesn't really dovetail with the brightness and rich colors.

[mEasy27]

Will do.. when there is better weather, ill keep practicing. Thanx for the critique