Some nice pics. Love those water droplets and the nice bokey. Did you shoot RAW or jpeg? On my monitor the greens are a bit muddy, and the contrast is a bit low. If you shot RAW you might adjust the tint a bit and perhaps up the color temperature slightly. A bit more contrast and a bit more saturation might benefit these as well. Of course what's important is that they meet your criteria. Good work.
> All, > > I recently joined the digital revolution by purchasing a *ist-Ds. Been > busy, but I finally had time to pop over to the McKinley Park rose garden to > try it out with my A*200 F4 Macro. > > Wow. What a great combination! The *ist-Ds yields more working distance > than with a full-frame film camera. The limited DOF makes it easy to take > care of busy backgrounds, too. I'm no great shakes as an artist, but here > are some examples of what this combination can do: > > http://www.westerickson.net/mark/misc/CalPoppy01.jpg > > http://www.westerickson.net/mark/misc/CalPoppy02.jpg > > http://www.westerickson.net/mark/misc/LongBud01.jpg > > > Here's a 100% crop of the last one to show the achievable sharpness: > > http://www.westerickson.net/mark/misc/LongBud01Crop.jpg > > Finally, here is the center of a California Poppy taken at a macro ratio of > about 1.2 to 1: > > http://www.westerickson.net/mark/misc/CalPoppy03.jpg > > As always, comments and suggestions for improvement most welcome. > > --Mark >
