more flowers taken with FZ20.

1. i went to a construction site one day and shoot any flower i can see


2. flower from same site


3. then go home and shoot a flower bouquet, this time use the DIY ring flash


4. is this rose ? using the DIY ring flash too

went outstation on business trip, and end up shooting wild flowers by road side

this time using my first panasonic dc, the Lumix FX01.

1. for your eyes only...


2.

my wife start to tak tahan me liao, because of crazy with shooting flowers.


This post has been edited by xxx2299: Nov 14 2007, 09:16 AM

recently acquired a fujifilm f20 and tried out some flower shots, on a cloudy morning.

F20 iso100 F4 1/250


F20 iso100 F2.8 1/350


This post has been edited by xxx2299: Nov 14 2007, 09:19 AM

it's best you take photo of flowers when there's sufficient lighting.

i also like flower shots and i think you could improve on your

1. choice of time
2. angles

good effort nevertheless. composition quite ok already.

if possible, try to maintain your pictures at 6x4 or 4x6 size (3x2 / 2x3 if you may).

The pictures are underexposed. Bump up the exposure compensation and they will look much better.

--1. choice of time
noted on this

--2. angles
i do not quite understand on this. do you mean to shot facing the flower and not from the side?

--if possible, try to maintain your pictures at 6x4 or 4x6 size
is there any particular reason for this size?

thanks for your comments, really noob in photography.


will take note on this. anyway, how to judge photo is underexpose?

thanks you too.

When the flowers tend to look dull and a bit dark, then it is underexposed. To go further technical, you can refer to the histogram. Do calibrate your monitor to get the best results. You can refer to my portfolio on my signature for flower pictures that I've taken.

Do shoot more. The more you practise, the better you are.

The composition is actually not bad, just that it looks desaturated. Could it be the white balance setting in your camera? Check the camera setting.

ok more like angles that hide away the not so nice or distracting background.

not that you're not doing it yet. just take note of it.

yes well it's standard picture size, say 4R

anyway try to maintain it with the ratio as follows.

3R (3" x 5")
4R (4" x 6")
5R (5" x 7")
6R (6" x 8")
8R (8" x 10")

* the numbers are changeable. 3x5 is same as 5x3. just a matter of portrait or landscape.

i use 3:2 (which is same as 6:4).




when photos look dark.

i wonder if the Marumi filter you are using is multi-coated? Uncoated Filters will cause flares... well, use your lens hood as much as possible to minimize flare....

saw all your flower shoots, understand what you mean by underexposed. did you post-process your flowers shoots?


because still noob, always set white balance to auto.


thanks, and noted on this


yah, i think it is the UV filter too. it always happen when i point straight to a light source.

Mostly minimal contrast, curves and unmask sharpening for web posting.

Thanks for viewing them.

i do not post-process my pictures, might be time to look for a software to do it.

if the pictures can come out nicely straight away, then waffor post process? I also don't post process my pictures.......ok well, my only PP is resize / sharpen. occasional contrast / brightness adjustment. that's it.

was in kl on 22 nov 07 and since i was only 5 minutes from klcc . . .

yes, yet another klcc shooting . . .

fujifilm f20 iso400, f2.9, 1/20s


fujifilm f20 iso400, f2.8, 1/20s


fujifilm f20 iso200, f5, 1/4s

Nice angle on the first shot

thanks kelvinyam

few more outing photos, c&c please...

1. had a hard time taking this photo, how to improve it? I estimate focal length at widest angle (basically trying my luck only)


This post has been edited by xxx2299: Dec 7 2007, 12:15 PM

2. nothing special

3.