Tiny Pineapples on Pink Doilies

[opus]

I don't know why I'm so drawn to flowers. I guess with my new lens it's just so much fun!

[Charles Hess]

Great colors, Kelly. The composition and DOF are fine, looks a little soft on my crappy work moniter, but still a very nice shot.

[Chunk]

I don't know why I'm so drawn to flowers. I guess with my new lens it's just so much fun!

What lens is that? You are surely making good use of it.

[Lara]

Very nice Kelley. Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever get there! You have a creative eye and a creative mind. (Tiny pineapples on pink doilies.) Gotta love it!

[villenadecorte]

That is exactly what it looks like! Great eye Kelly! This shot is so wonderfully composed, nice job!

VillenaDeCorte

I don't know why I'm so drawn to flowers. I guess with my new lens it's just so much fun!

[opus]

Charles, you're right, it IS soft, and I can't figure out why. I used auto focus, but I made sure the focus was on the little "pointy things" (see below). Here were my settings. Can you tell me what I might change to make it sharper?

Shooting Mode
Manual
Tv(Shutter Speed)
1/250
Av(Aperture Value)
5.6
Metering Mode
Center-weighted averaging
ISO Speed
200
Lens
75.0 - 300.0mm
Focal Length
235.0mm
Image Size
3072x2048
Image Quality
RAW
Flash
Off
White Balance
Auto
AF Mode
AI Focus AF
Parameters
Contrast +1
Sharpness +1
Color saturation +1
Color tone Normal
Color Space
sRGB

[Charles Hess]

Hmmm...not sure, Kelly. F/5.6 should have given you good sharpness on the yellow thingies. F/8 would have been better but it would have lessened the blur of your background, which you wouldn't want to happen. Maybe some digital gurus can help you with the settings you provided. Still, though, it's a nice shot.