B&W flower

[snoid]

Golly me! I've gone back to school.
Taking a course in B&W film at the local college.
This is PPed from color.
Thought I'd run it by You folks.

[DLB1973]

I like it, pleasant. I wonder how it might look with the entire flower in focus. Cool and congrats on gettin' in the classroom. I will be there soon in the next couple of months..

[Frog]

Sorry, not working for me. Needs way more dof and something about the shades/tones isn't right.

[snoid]

Thnx for the comments...
Narrow DOF is what I was going for. My regret is that the plane of focus is tilted somewhat towards the bottom of the frame. The flower is quite small...less than 1/2"
and I was trying to fill the frame with it. my tripod is a bit too tall to get things level.

Try this one in sepia.

PS Frog I know you don't care too much for florals, but I live in the silly old burbs of Detroit and they're about the best looking thing around here.
Hoping the class will widen my horizons a little.

[Greg McCary]

Now the second one I like. Very nice tones and soft feel. The narrow DOF on the first would work better if the lower petal wasn't in the shot. A slightly higher angle and the center in focus is what I am thinking.

[jetrim]

I like them both, I think I prefer the second one though...

[danic]

I do like the second photo more. Nice DOF

[snoid]

Thanks for your kind comments......
The bad part is I haven't a decent scanner, so pics from my class will only be prints.....