Sunflower

abosolutely an amazing shot

 

I really like the abstract design and the colors. Slight unsharp mask

(for this low res jpeg only), no croping, no filter, f22, late

afternoon sun.

Extremely original.... love the color.

intriguing but would like to see a little sharper focus

More sharpness would improve this really stunning image.

i loved this one so much, it represents very much what i strive for, that is: beautiful image, great composition and flow, and it is something we all watch but only you saw!

 

congratulations!

I did what I could to acheive maximal sharpness: sturdy tripod, remote, mirror lock, iso 100 film, no crop or blowout, low wind and very good optic (all macro lens have very high MTF scores). To get a good DOF I used f22, so it is possible that image quality was degraded by difraction (macro photography is all about compromises). I know also that at this resolution and with file compression (JPEG) I lost a bit of sharpness from my original scan, especially if you look at the medium sized image. For a more realistic evaluation one as to look at the large image on photo.net as all the other images are an approximation of the original.

 

*** I saw recently that my scan was not as sharp as it should be (I dont have a dedicated negative scanner but the 2450 Epson flatbed), I will try to improve and replace the jpeg with a better one.

An all around excellent photo. I like the section of the flower you chose...it gives us a little bit of everything, and really gets that spiral working, too. This is a shot for the portfolio, I think. Good work!

Lovely picture,delicate graded colours.Sharpness does not necessarily add to the aesthetics. Congrats for a lovely pattern picture.

I used a different technique to improve sharpness: I made a duplicate effect layer with High Pass @ 10 pixels and I applied Soft Light at 50% transparency while playing with the levels in the High Pass effect layer. This gives me better results than using unsharp.

 

Now this picture is better, but still it is only a small JPEG... You should see my 8x10 print... ;-)