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Hi, my name is Joshua Ong and I was one of the participants on the Image Editing Forum. I’ve enclosed a picture of some beautiful tulips taken at a botanical park. I had a question regarding how the picture should be taken. Should the picture be taken leveled to the ground while the tulips are slanted, or should it be taken in such a way that the tulips are standing straight? Furthermore, what should be the suggested aperture value/ f-stop number for this picture? Following are the details of the picture:
Camera maker: Panasonic
Camera model: DMC-FZ30
F-stop no.: f/5.6
Exposure time: 1/100 sec.
ISO speed: ISO-80
Focal length: 7 mm
Resolution: 3264 x 2448 pixelsKind Regards,
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That’s a great picture! I think level to the ground works good. The slant of the tulips is not extreme and it looks natural. If you wanted to focus more precisely on zooming in for just a shot of the tulips, then perhaps keeping the stems straight would be more important, but this composition is more of a landscape shot, and the natural slant of the tulip stems looks good. If you tried to straighten them, I think the whole picture would look a little slanted. The aperture value depends on what you are trying to accomplish. If you wanted the background to be blurred to draw more attention to the tulips, then a wider aperture would have been better. Personally, I like it the way you have it because I think the detail in the background adds some interest to the scene. As far as composition is concerned, It would have been nice to either eliminate the closeup flower in the middle or else include it in a more purposeful way.
Wow, that’s gorgeous! Is it spring time over there in Australia?
Dido @dan-cope. The horizon line should be what is level, whether it’s actual or perceived.
This shot includes both foreground and background elements, which I’ll normally shoot between f/11 or f/16 to keep everything in focus.
Yes, springtime has arrived! The wildflower season here is between July and November. The park where I took the tulip pictures is a great place for photography. There are at least seven varities of tulips and I managed to explore with different camera angles. I also took some pictures in macro (I’ve enclosed a close-up tulip). My camera’s highest f-stop number is 11.
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