Desert Rose in the wet

[supernova1965]

I know the Desert Rose is supposed to be a bit dry but these were taken after a rain shower this morning please give me all the feedback you can positive and negative.:welcome:

[supernova1965]

No one wants to rip me apart I can take it please let fly I want to know what I have done right or wrong:hi:

[DavidU]

Good looking image. I have never seen one of these in person.

[supernova1965]

Thanks We have only had them for a few months I had not seen any in person and any I have seen in Pictures before in flower have lost all the leaves but this one has flowered with the leaves still on.

[supernova1965]

Hi all

There must be something wrong with the pic's as I have only taken a handful of this type of image and need experience with processing so please tell me how I can improve my technique.:D:help:

[danielsun]

Not that I'm an expert like H in terrestrial shots but they look nice and crisp to me.;)

Cheers Daniel.

[supernova1965]

Thanks Daniel

I do like the way they have turned out. I am hoping that someone like H can give me some tough critque and help me improve. As there is always room for improvement and if you don't crash and burn a few times you can't get better.:thumbsup:

[Octane]

Warren,

My first piece of advice would be to shoot either early morning or late afternoon. By this, I mean, within 15 minutes of the sun having risen, and, thirty minutes either side of the sun setting.

Light, light, light. The quality of light makes or breaks landscape images.

H

[supernova1965]

Thanks H

Any other pearls are welcome:thumbsup: I have noticed variablility in the ability to get down to f 2.8 when I do the speed goes red which I think must mean that it is not viable?

[Vanda]

To me they both look a bit dark but its hard to comment without lens & camera information. The backgorund in pic 2 is a tad bright and if the camera was set to measure the exposure over the whole image may result in under exposed subject. Nice plant and flowers.

[supernova1965]

Here is the camera info thanks for the help

[Vanda]

Not bad for a compact digital camera Warren and am not sure if you used a macro setting. Certainly its a very fast shutter speed. The first image cold probably be improved by cropping out some of the background but the colour is nice.

[supernova1965]

I was using the macro setting on these. Thanks for your comments:thumbsup: