Underside

[armando_m]

Fern leaf



Trying the Oly EPL-1, 40mm f5.6 1/8 iso 200 on a tripod

Thanks for looking , so What do you think ?

[arne saknussen]

Great capture. I am really digging the bokeh. I love the lines created in the bg and the almost reflection of the fern on the left. Is it light streaming in from upper center that creates the perpendicular lines?

[Anbesol]

When did you get yourself an E-PL1, I thought you were a nikon shooter.

Anyway - its an interesting arrangement of shapes and a pleasant enough composition, but there is softness on the top right corner and even in the center of the image that I think hurts the shot. The softness in the center I find particularly confusing though, not sure why it is soft...

[draymorton]

The colors and detail are great. Love the comp, too.

Was this shot with a macro? Extremely wide dof? Because there's a lot of blur/bokeh and very little seems to be in focus...

[armando_m]

Thanks Arne, the vertical lines are from a fence

Anbesol, I had been considering it since PhotoJohn posted his review, and recently I was too tempted by the prices of the refurbished EPL1 in Adorama I wanted something smaller than the full DSLR, the in body IS and a mount adapter allows me to use my nikon lenses at impossible low speeds compared to what I can do with the D300 (for the non VR lenses), all in all couldn't resist any longer not buying it.

Dray,
Shot with the kit lens 14-42, The focus spot was a bit low and a bit to the left, and "wide" open at F5.6, zoom at 40mm, camera at the closest focus distance, like 20cm, so... the DOF is tiny

Thank you all

[LeeIs]

very nice hues throughout the image. good composition. i like the diagonal lines here, i think they work. love the brown accents provided by the tiny 'flowers'.

overall berry berry good!

[gahspidy]

The vertical lines and color of the bg are great in offsetting the subject. i like the very limited dof here. My only gripe is i wish the leaf right in back of the subject leaf were not so prominent and perhaps a bit further away.

[draymorton]

It's a really nice shot. Technically correct or not, I like the limited dof, too. It seems that even some of the buds are only partially in focus. An interesting effect.

[GB1]

It could use a little more DOF Armando, but the issue I have here is how powerful and somewhat distracting that upper left red is. Maybe a crop in on this one, of the very sharp area, would work even better.

G

[armando_m]

Thanks Liban, Gary, Dray and Greg for taking the time to comment