Allium

Playing around with the Tamron SP90 and taking photos of Allium seed heads when I decided to focus on the centre rather than the seeds giving an abstract nature to the shot.




This time focussing on the seed heads.

The first stands head and shoulders above the second for me. There's a sense of depth that the second one lacks. And the second looks rather cluttered in comparison.

Was the same aperture used for both? I would have expected the centre of the second to be more out of focus if it was.

Steve

Hi Steve, no the top photo was taken at f4.5, 1/320sec with ISO100 and the second f11, 1/125sec with ISO200. I set out to photograph the seed heads but wasn't happy with the results so with the top photo I deliberately set out for a narrow dof focussed on the centre.

Have to agree - that first shot really works so well, but it's not just to do with the point of focus - it's your composition with the central point truly being the dead centre and everything else appearing to "zoom out" from it. Clever shot and super image

I had a bunch of tabs so didn't look at the topic title - that first image really delivered and it took a while before I realised what it was. Agree with the above!

Zoom burst without the zoom. Most effective.

First one is spot on! The sense of depth is almost surreal. Really good!

That's what I thought it was when I first saw it!

Defo that opening image

I'll join in on the collective praise for #1 - very well seen indeed.

Thank you for all the comments. As I say I didn't see the top image until when looking through the view finder and manually focusing on the centre instead of the seed head. Memo to self: It always pays to try looking at a different perspective from what you first intend photographing.