Yellow tulips. C and C welcome

[Davejl]

[Geoff F]

For me, Dave, you have tried to get too much into the frame with the result that you have more out of focus than sharply in focus.

I think you could have done better with a careful arrangement of blooms so as to concentrate on one or two full flowers, but preferably not quite as close to the edge as the best flower here.

This is a very difficult subject to perfectly photograph and showing a group probably needs stacking of several focus points.

Showing a bunch of blooms with a sharp foreground gradually fading into softness is possible to achieve but you need to get the arrangement exactly right for this sort of scene to look really good.

The exposure is good for such a difficult subject and the overall effect is almost there.

[Davejl]

Thanks Geoff. It was in fact just a 'snap' taken in my garden hand held with the wind getting into its stride (as usual!). I also used a higher ISO than normal because I was experimenting with a polarizer.

I should pick the flowers and bring them inside and use a tripod and try to get to grips with focus stacking (but I don't feel happy about picking healthy growing blooms, though some of my daffodils were recently cooperative when they broke mid-stem!).

Dave

[Geoff F]

Sometimes, Dave, I can get away with bending problem stems out of the way then allowing them to return to their rightful position after I have finished the shot.

That might require a little bit of garden wire/string to keep them temporarily clear of the scene.

[IzzieK]

Sometimes, Dave, I can get away with bending problem stems out of the way then allowing them to return to their rightful position after I have finished the shot.

That might require a little bit of garden wire/string to keep them temporarily clear of the scene.

This is a good idea!

I am with you about cutting good flower blooms and I am not too keen on spent ones either so when I need to photograph flowers, I just go to the nearest supermarket and buy some.

[bnnrcn]

Beautiful color Dave I agree with Geoff.