I personally like the DOF quite a bit on this photo. It adds another interesting aspect to it. There is more to DOF then merely directing your eyes to a specific spot. It creates a softness and dreaminess that is appropriate for this theme. I find this composition to be very creative and a good representation of the theme. I usually don't like elements crowding the edges but in this case, the petals touching the edges help to add to the triangular aspect that is a big part of the composition as well contrasting nicely with the soft curves of the flowers. I may have framed the flowers a little more towards the top edge while showing a little more of the stem. Technically it is very strong. I do see some evidence of the halo effect on some edges but it isn't a big deal. It otherwise has the right amount of sharpness with no signs of jpeg compression. The colors are beautiful without being over saturated. I really enjoy this photo. Score 9
This is a nice flower macro - composition-wise. However, the soft focus on the top petals on each flower is very distracting - would prefer crisp focus here.
I liked this shot and first scored it a bit higher but upon further review lowered it due to the amount of the flowers that are out of focus. It is great that the background and stems are blurred it adds a lot, but I would like to see the flowers themselves in focus. 6.
Take my comments for what they are worth for I am just a novice with a new camera. Dodo
Most of your main subject is out of focus, get more light on it so that the camara uses a smaller aperture to increase the depth of field, or brace the camera to something and manually select a smaller aperture (= larger aperture number), most cameras are capable of f11, but generally default to f5 which is good for portraits/landscapes
It feels like focus is too shallow... I don't mind the stems blurred out, but the petals (for such a small bloom) would be more attractive if they were in focus....... to me. hehe Still a very nice photo.
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