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    Bird of Paradise

    Was in Los Angeles Ca today and ran across this Bird any CC?
    Extreme sun tried to underexpose and adjust in Light room---- HOWEVER..
    Shot manual with a 70-200 f4 f5/6 1/250 in raw and could not get the focus right in 3 shots in alservo.
    What would you do different?
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    Re: Bird of Paradise

    Well, you've done well to capture this Strelizia while the petals are at their best... they don't last long... but; the image is back (or side) lit which hasn't helped. You may have been better-off moving to the other side, if possible, to light-up the "bulb" of the flower...

    As for DoF, at f/5.6 you need to be parrallel to the flower to ensure all is in focus, but the off-set of that is lower creativity! As it is I like the presentation and I would live with the base of the flower being OOF. If you want a sharper image all round, you'll need to go to f/8, but that will reduce the Bokeh effect in the background...

    Other than that, I would also crop to a square to concentrate on the flower-head and crop-off the lower half...
    I actively encourage constructive comment & critique of any image I post!
    Feel free to edit & re-post as you see fit - but please - tell me what you have done to 'improve' the shot!

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      Re: Bird of Paradise

      Thank you for a very "good" critique!
      The location is surrounded by large trucks and a fence making it very difficult to get the best angle.
      Didn't occur to me to crop the head but I like the advice
      Thanks

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