Saxifraga

[rudi]

Nothing special to ask.
C&C welcomed.
Kr, Rudi

[IzzieK]

That was beautiful, very sharp and the bokeh is nicely done.

Nothing special to ask.
C&C welcomed.
Kr, Rudi

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[Shadowman]

Very nice.

[Geoff F]

Yes, works well in all respects.

[Rita]

Very nice

[rudi]

Isabel, John, Geoff and Rita, Thanks for taking time to leave a comment. Really appreciated.
Kr, Rudi

[Downrigger]

Altogether successful - in addition to the praise above, I would add that the low perspective (level with the substrate) is important to the success of this image. I also think the depth of field chosen (with some of the blossoms out of it) is very effective.

[rudi]

Thanks for commenting Mark.

[Dave Humphries]

Hi Rudi,

The shot is well exposed, good focus and depth of Field - and as Mark says, the low angle helps this stand above the average shot (sorry about the bad pun)

However, when applying sharpening, I would suggest trying a smaller radius (and possibly a lower amount too) though, as I believe I can see dark halos around the white petals against the (nicely soft) background.

The image needs to be viewed at 100% - i.e. the full 1200 x 800px, to see this issue best though.

I hope that helps,

[FrankMi]

Sharp, colourful, and pleasant to look at Rudi! Well done.

[chauncey]

There is an unexplained blurry below the left lower flower...why for?

[rudi]

Dave: Thanks for comments and bringing up the 'sharpening'. Lately I am experimenting with Nik-Sharpener,
I have not yet figured out the settings that works best for me...
And yes, your comments do help a lot.

Frank: Thanks for taking time to leave a comment.

Wim: I noticed the obvious blurry parts just now. Sometimes I need a fresh pair off eyes....

Thanks for the comments, really appreciated.

[chauncey]

Yeah but, what caused it...were I to guess, it looks like a photo-stacking mishap.

[NorthernFocus]

Nice shot. Elegant in its simplicity. Sharpening tweaks have already been mentioned. Lovely.

[rudi]

Wim: This picture is a stack off 5 images. After checking the originals I think the blurry parts are due to a lack off my stacking skills....Another thing to work on.....Thanks for mentioning the blurry parts.

Dan: comments truly appreciated.

[Wavelength]

Sometimes the most beautiful things are the simplest ones, no? really adorable; ...and i love that bokeh

[chauncey]

Not necessarily Rudi, PS can sometimes be rather finicky...repeating the whole ting might cough out different results. Additionally chose the best source image for that area and cut & paste it into that area.

[rudi]

Nandakumar: thanks for the nice words. Those tiny flowers are really very nice IMHO.

Wim: I repeated the whole scenario a few times this afernoon, with different results, more or less. I will try to cut & paste
as you mentioned. I will also try Zenere.

[ShaneS]

This is a great image of some beautiful flowers Rudi.

[moopy goops]

expetly presented. well done