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Sid got me curious last night, so thought I'd ask for some critique on a couple flower pics I took a couple weeks back. These were taken inside using 200w strobes (one with a softbox, one with an umbrella). They were wet when I got them out of the flower bed, so I left them so. I intentionally wanted them to be on the dark side, since I think it shows the best contrast with the dark greens, oranges, and purples.

IMG_0637.jpg



IMG_0629.jpg
 
They look great!

The first one looks like the leaves were brought into focus while the actual flower is somewhat out of focus.

Did you manually focus?
 
Yeah, I manual focus everything when shooting macro. For some reason, photobucket softens photos up when I upload them. I shot a pretty small aperture on these, so they should be in focus. Do these look any better (same pictures, just uploaded via flickr instead of photobucket)?


IMG_0637 by mfdrookie516, on Flickr


IMG_0629 by mfdrookie516, on Flickr
 
Wow!! Gorgeous pics!!
 

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