30 September 2016, 20:08
Tsquare2Autumn still life photos
I was playing around a bit a couple days ago With my Nikon D7000 and 35mm 1.8 G lens. Normally, in such a situation, I just look around the garden and try to find something interesting to photograph. This time, however, I decided to come up with "still life" type photos celebrating the beginning of autumn and the passing of summer. My wife had a fresh bouquet of colorful fall flowers, along with some small pumpkins and squash. I also grabbed a couple fresh tomatoes from our little garden. Attached are the resulting photos. It was a fun session and I hope you enjoy the photos.
30 September 2016, 21:29
WinkWell done. I like the composition and lighting. I don't know how much light you had (natural?) but, and I hope I'm being constructive here, a little more depth of field might have made those orange/yellow pumpkins (squash?) pop out a just a bit more.
30 September 2016, 22:28
Tsquare2Wink,
Your comments on photography, mine or anyone else's, are always welcome to me. I learn something from you about everytime you post. The three photos I posted were all shot with an aperture of f5.6. I also shot the same shots using an aperture of f8, providing a bit more depth of field. I'll post them for comparison. I stand corrected, I shot two of the three images at f8 as well, not all three. Anyway, here they are for comparison.
30 September 2016, 22:45
WinkTom, you probably can't redo them (unless your wife will give you the tomatoes back) but while the f/8 shots slow slightly better DOF, it's not yet enough for the point of focus you selected. Flowers are nice and sharp. I wonder how it would have looked if the focus point had been on the pumpkins. DOF is more forgiving going away from the point of focus than coming nearer.