Stolen Glimpses

[jeeperman]

Not having flowers in the yard myself, I occasionally get a chance in a customers yard...though normally rushed. Your C&C is welcome and appreciated. I recommend viewing in the lightbox. Thanks for looking.

[ScoutR]

All 3 are very nice. I really like the colours and background in 2 & 3. Can't really critique anything. There are so many ways to interpert flowers in a photo, but for me I really like the soft focus look that you have in these.

Wendy

[jeeperman]

Thank you Wendy. As for the soft focus, all was done in camera. I had an idea this flower would look good with a very shallow DOF.I was happy with it.

[jamn4ex]

paul I like all 3 images but I like 1 best it gives me the impression of space,like I can reach in an pick one

[jeeperman]

Thanks James.

[vicphotog]

I'm glad you're finally getting spring Paul, the colors are really brilliant and the first shot I particularly like - I have spent a fair bit of time in the past couple of weeks crawling around on sidewalks to capture small flowers in front of fences lol - I like to perspective you've captured. Very nice work

[jeeperman]

Well Rachel, we are trying anyways. We are still averaging 10 degrees below normal, but we are supposed to get in to the sixties tomorrow. I think we have only had 3 days to reach 60 this year and a ton of wet. Things are blumming well but there has been little sun to play with. These shots today were shot in full cloud cover. Thank you, I like the first ones perspective as well. Infact I like it more being I did not have to get on the ground for it, I was standing on the sidewalk and the yard was a little less than head height.

[DTruex]

Paul,

The first photo has outstanding depth. The second doesn't do anything for me. The third picture has colour the demands attention with the composition. I makes me want to get a dedicated macro lens.

[ilovelucydog]

I love the first one. Daisies, white fence, DOF...win.

[ktuli]

Paul,

I also have to vote for #1. It certainly does have a sense of depth to it. Plus I love the converging lines of the mid-ground flower bed and the background picket fence. Very nice.

- Bill

[Donald]

I agree with the majority view - #1 is the star of this particular show. There's a lovely, fresh, clean-air quality about it.

Do wonder what a crop on the left, down the line between the third and fourth plank on the fence, would look like? It would take out that out-of-focus group of flower heads at the left hand edge of the frame.

[jeeperman]

Thank you everyone for the comments. Donald, I had thought the same thing but have yet to take a look. I will give it a little trim and see on my return from the grind.