At 6:03 AM -0400 9/24/11, John Palcewski wrote:
Jim Snarski - Industrious Seems to me the major flaw with the image is the overall soft focus. Somehow I expect that at least the bee
ought to be sharper, as well as at least some of the flowers. The great detail of the caption is really of more interest than the
picture itself.
maybe it's just me but the central
Penstemon flower looks pretty sharp...the rest is a result of the way
the D300 handles high ISO (see Cunningham comment below)...and
frankly, I'm more interested in the story the photo has to tell and
the composition and color of the image...as for the caption, that sort
of research is just fun for me, not to mention the chance to pick up a
little knowledge...
At 8:35 AM -0700 9/24/11, Marilyn wrote:
Jim Snarski
Industrious: I appreciate the information with this photograph, and the picture is good. I think I might like it as a vertical more than a square, though. Still - well done.
I only had time for 3 shots before
the bee vanished...usually I try and mix verticals with horizontals
but there just wasn't the opportunity...nature photography is often a
matter of expediency...
At 6:45 PM +0300 9/24/11, Trevor Cunningham wrote:
Jim Snarski - Industrious
Great catch, as usual. While I like the narrow depth of field, I find the background a little heavy on the pixel noise.
I'm surprised there isn't more
noise...the day was overcast and somewhat fog bound...this was in a
heavily forested area so light level was pretty low...the D300 auto
ISO function chose ISO 1600 for this photo under these conditions...I
use auto ISO a lot in the field because it allows me to get shots that
normally wouldn't happen...having said that, one of the criticisms of
the D300 is it uses way too much noise reduction at the higher ISOs to
smooth out noise at the expense of sharpness...if that's the price of
having auto ISO available to me, I'll gladly pay it...
my deepest gratitude to you who have
commented so far...one of the inestimable values of this list is the
chance to share our thoughts with each other about a subject we are so
passionate about...I'm forever interested in how others perceive my
work and always willing to learn from their observations...
Jim
Baja Oregon
