My take on CZ135f1.8 and Flowers

[sury]

Yildiz,
Thank you for your feedback.
Is this better? I should have cropped the white blob to the right.

[aster]

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Sury, the first is just brilliant and within the guidelines of JT. The foreground petals are sharper and bokeh happens gradually. I like the colour combination of the lily.
I don't think cropping the blob would work for this image but decentering the flower to the left while shooting would have solved your conundrum. Maybe a little more like the last one which is very good.

Thanks for sharing,
Yildiz

[sury]

Thank you Yildiz. I was taking the pictures of these plants out in the front yard and there was not much room to maneuver.
I will try to find alternate angles while keeping in mind the background distractions. I often seem to focus on the subject or
the background.

[aster]

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Hi, Sury;

These shots are most elegantly done, in my opinion! Well done.
The subjects are nicely composed, in relation to their physiological structure.
The subjects' backgrounds are free from clutter, and their out-of-focus elements are nothing but complimentary and pleasant to follow with the eye or the background is a blurry blob of a cactus -like the 1st image- which is the complete opposite of the subject and all these work good.

I like these images very much.
Thanks for sharing and keep glorifying your lenses individually for what they can promise technically!

Yildiz

[sury]

Thank you YIldiz for your high praise. I am flattered.





Vertical...

[jbtaylor]

That 1st one is so close that it hurts. You nailed the other 2.
Shooting narrow is elegant torture.

[aster]

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I agree with JBTaylor and think that the last photo with vertical composition is the best for including a leaf germination on the stem at lower side: more inclusiveness relevant to the plant's structure.

Thanks for sharing, Sury.
Yildiz