Green leaf

Thought this shot was pretty decent?




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I love the droplet of water. The white around the leave is washed out....meaning to much light. What was your ISO?

As an abstract image its ok, but am trying to find a focal point of interest, is it the droplet? Compositionally its rather central in the frame, remember the rule of thirds. I think the contrast range is rather to high to brighten the shot to reveal the droplet more, its a good effort though. I see your just up the road from me in Leeds, welcome to the site.

I quite like it even though it suffers from a few problems listed
below.

The burnt out edges of the leaf are distracting. The picture does
show possibilities though, it might be worth a retake. The drop needs
to be sharper and clearer and (not really possible) bigger. A crop
would help, but the only way to really improve it is to throw in
some additional light (reflector or flash) to balance up the
shadows and highlights better. A diffuser held to tone down the
sunlight might also help. I'd keep the drop central.

I agree with this was your ISO set at 200 ?? or less ?

Hey i think i was my editing, this was the original photo:


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Sophs.

Sophs

There isnt a central focus, and perhaps a slightly non central crop would have been better. However, you are learning and every shot produces a better result. Remember that all comments on here aide and assist, and certainly there is a well of talent for us all to benefit from.

At the end of the however, it is what you see as the photographer believe is your style/subject matter/etc.

Once you decide this then you strive harder to produce improved results.

Paul

Agree with all of above, The exif says 125 at iso 200 and aperture 9.5?
The 9.5 aperture seems odd anyway, but never mind that for now.
To get the drop sharp you need a faster shutter speed, so raise the iso to 400 and or open the aperture a few stops, the background leaf does not add anything so the increased dof with a larger aperture would only help the image.
Did you use a tripod? for this sort of shot it really helps, then you can pre-focus manually on the drop and concentrate on getting the timing right. As for the crop personaly i would place it in the center of frame, but that`s my preference.

Davex.