A shot I took this weekend with my new D5100
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Compositionally this is pretty good. You have the main flower in the center but that's ok because there is a definite line going from left to right of the stem and the leaf provides a nice "umbrella" for the flower. The only thing I might have done would be to include the bottom of the leftmost flower...the tip. It is cut off. Also perhaps the rightmost bud is cut off a little bit. Shooting tight is good but careful of what you chop off. Nice color, bokeh is fairly good. Interestingly-shaped flower as well.
Horoscope Fish
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I like the shot... I also think it's been just sliiiiightly over-cropped. Give us a little more room on the right and bottom edges for context.
Michael J.
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I love that shot - that flower and that composition
This seems to be a list of all the lenses that will work with the d5100, including macros. Third party ones like Tamron and Sigma are included.List of Nikon F-mount lenses with integrated autofocus motors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I have the Nikon 40mm 2.8 Micro. I`m glad I bought it. It produces great images, and sharper than the 18-55 VR, but to my eyes thus far, not by much. It`s also a great low light lens for the twilight shots I like to explore. However many say it`s not good for bugs, too short, and efforts to get close enough to fill the frame can easily scare away the subject. There`s also the issue of shading the subject when getting so close. That all makes sense. To me though, it`s a fast multi-pupose lens that`s good for occasional close ups. The 18-55 is also good for close ups though, as I`ve managed to get focus as close as like four inches from the end of the lens.
I have the Nikon 40mm 2.8 Micro. I`m glad I bought it. It produces great images, and sharper than the 18-55 VR, but to my eyes thus far, not by much. It`s also a great low light lens for the twilight shots I like to explore. However many say it`s not good for bugs, too short, and efforts to get close enough to fill the frame can easily scare away the subject. There`s also the issue of shading the subject when getting so close. That all makes sense. To me though, it`s a fast multi-pupose lens that`s good for occasional close ups. The 18-55 is also good for close ups though, as I`ve managed to get focus as close as like four inches from the end of the lens.
So here is a new cropping based on the critiques I received. Any new thoughts are welcome. Also do you think the frame adds anything to a photo or would you leave a photo to stand on it's own without adding any frame. I'm speaking generally for all photos being posted not just this particular one. Thanks.
Michael J.
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In this case the frame is just to much for that beautiful flower. It leads away the eyes from the flowers to the frame.
Michael J.
Senior Member
Yes that is the way which makes the blossoms eye-catching
Horoscope Fish
Senior Member
The pink frame had to go and the new, less aggressive crop is much better. See how the shot has some "breathing room" at the top right? The stem forms a leading line that draws the eye deeper into the frame, which is what you want, while that breathing room at the top creates a visual buffer so our eye's aren't lead out of the frame entirely. A good photo is a tiny world created in your viewfinder and the longer you can keep the viewer "trapped" inside that tiny world you've created the better.
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