The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.
Description
A local photo conference (Nature Photographers of the Pacific Northwest) organized a field trip to the Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival, located just east of Woodburn, Oregon (north of Salem). A bit of a county fair atmosphere with lots of people; rides and games for the kids; booths for food; tethered hot air ballon rides, but fairly easy to ignore and concentrate on the flowers. Unfortunately, the iconic shot of the tulips and Mt. Hood was compromised by the parking lot, though I did find an unobstructed view, where no removal of objects was required, but the tulips were sparse. It was a good learning experience and I tried several techniques and learned I have more learning to do.
Specific Feedback
Any thoughts appreciated.
Technical Details
Canon R5 with either a 100 mm macro or 24-105 (which I used the most as it was more versatile) . I should have tried some stacking at times, though the wind did pick up after a while.
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Allen: Good captures all. My favorite overall is #5 and don’t think it needs any tweaking. I also like #1 but I would crop down from the top to eliminate the contrail. This turns it into a faux pano and gives all of the attention to the tulips, which are really well lit and superbly captured. Of the wider shots I like #4. Looks like a target rich environment and that you came away with some good results.>=))>
A great job getting these in that “fair” atmosphere, Allen. My thoughts pretty much echo Bill’s. I really like the first image and I think with Bill’s crop it would be outstanding. The fourth image is very well composed and a nice scenic. You might play with the lighting in the third. I like the composition though a little off the bottom might be interesting. I’m thinking playing with the greens could really make this image shine.
I tuned into the meeting on Zoom and learned a lot from the speaker.
The crop suggested by @Bill_Fach is perfect for the first image. You found a good grouping and it’s good you got low enough to get them above the horizon and still had a hint of the setting on the sides. Nice light, too, and good detail in the yellows.
The last one is lovely, too, with a very nice BG. The extra DOF of a focus stack would have been nice but wind is an understandable issue. The leaves reveal a pretty strong warm color balance, but that’s artist’s choice.
Allen, there are two critical elements in stacking in some wind. First, you need a fast enough shutter to freeze any motion and second, relative motion between the different parts produces artifacts that are almost impossible to clean up. (Of course, there is such a thing as too much motion…)
