Flower

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• shaukatmi (3785)
• [2008-10-08 16:01]
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In my opinion Ajay the flowers are out of focus. This is a beautiful flower called Champa or Frangipani elsewhere. A close up of the flower with one or two leaves would have been good.

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• snaphappy (5464)
• [2008-10-19 3:29]

Flower photography is a great photographic pleasure. One secret is to always shoot a simple, uncomplicated look first. It’s much better to aim for ’simple’ rather than cram a lot into your flower pictures. If you look at professional photos of flowers you will notice that the best ones are always the most simple. Best images are always simple and to the point.
The worst flower pictures I’ve seen are those with too much in the photograph. A nice bunch of flowers can be ruined by too much to look at, or not being sure what to look at. Such as a bunch of flowers and your eye doesn’t focus on any one thing. You eye in act is left trying to work out what the photographer wanted you to focus on. Such a crowded picture can be quite distracting.
So if you want ‘wow’ shots, then use less in the shot, and go for a composition that focuses on simple shapes, lines and forms. If you are doing colour pictures of flowers, then look for the colour that stands out the most and ask yourself how you can enhance it with the tools you have on you right now.