Is this photo too cluttered ? Is the point/subject clear enough ?

Hi, I'm looking for more feedback on my little ongoing self-teaching :)


I was told on several of my photos that the point wasn't clear, specifically that when you viewed the photograph, you didn't really know what to look at, what was the point of my photo, or what I wanted to show.


So I'm trying to think of that when I take photos now, but I don't know if I'm making any progress at all. Sometimes it's obvious to me too if I pause and think of it, other times I look at the photo on the computer, and I just don't know. I just tend to like lots of things, and then I want them all seen on the picture, but like someone else said, I have to think of how other people would see it.











Is this photo still too cluttered ?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/38994151@N0鈥?/a>





Thanks :)


(I personnally think it still probably is, and I just made the same mistake again, but other people's view will help).Is this photo too cluttered ? Is the point/subject clear enough ?
Hi Anne.





I agree with sant kabir.





The lacy leaf.





If you can re-take the picture.


As the rest of the flower is dead, gently pick off the other unwanted leaves.


Get in as close as you can.


Use f/4 on AV mode, so you get a nice capture with a minimal DoF.





Just keep your captures simple.





Below, I have added 2 examples from my good friends PF.


http://www.redbubble.com/people/kcphotog鈥?/a>


http://www.redbubble.com/people/kcphotog鈥?/a>


Both shots taken in natural light.





Hope this helps.Is this photo too cluttered ? Is the point/subject clear enough ?
The subject is not clear. I see this photograph as quite nice but it is decorative, somewhat ';art for art's sake.'; While there isn't anything wrong with with that, it isn't giving the viewer information about what the intent of the artist is supposed to be. It isn't unusual for that to be the case, however. Is this an assignment? If so. the only thing I can think of the photo conveying to the viewer is the impermanence of life.
That picture is very similar to the picture i am doing for my art GCSE. I can see there is a clear diagonal line running through the picture. The sky however is a refreshing blue and i think it would be nice if there was more of it. Maybe you could, instead of using more sky, have a blue flower protruding between the leaves. That would look nice. Overall the picture is of a clear quality and is really nice. well done.
You cropping has too much in focus to have a specific subject... your eyes go all over the place looking at it. It needs something to contrast the overall picture, for exapmle a red flower in focus while the leaves are out of focus... your eyes would be drawn to the flowers color, plus the fact that it would be the only thing in focus, so your subject would be clear.





good luck and retake a shot
Not aware of your previous post ,but somebody must have advised you to pick your subject out of the clutter. There is a white perforated leaf on the right of the photograph , you can try to bring that in focus and blurring the background a little.
too much is in focus, a shorter focal length would help, but also a little alteration of the leaves to bring the one you want as the main subject away from the rest.
I dont know anything about photography but id say very slightly cluttered... you cant quite make out some leaves... but then again maybe were not meant too?!?!
Looks fine to me. It's a bunch of leaves, right?
Firstly - beauty, eye and beholder. Don't worry too much about people getting the 'point' of your photos. Everyone will take something different. Always worrying about how other people will see it when you take a photo is a sure way to madness.





You can get some good feedback on flickr. Join some groups and submit your photos. Look for a smaller sized ( %26lt;1000 members ) and friendly looking group and you should get some good feedback and hopefully some contacts too.


Try and tag you photo with the ideas/feelings you are trying to convey as well as the obvious subject matter.
Okay... I'm not going to comment on this shot specifically. Others have done that. What you seem to be doing is identifying an object to photograph, but you aren't identifying what it is about the subject that makes you want to take a picture. Your real subject is not just an object, but what it is about that object that engages you. You then compose your image to emphasize that aspect of the object.





As far as the DOF limitations of your camera, DOF is a combination of the focal length of the lens, the aperture and the distance from the front of the lens to the subject. The focal length here is the actual optical focal length and not the 'equivalent' focal lenght you get from the sensor size. You seem to be shooting with a P%26amp;S camera and they have very short focal length lenses, which means they have very deep DOF's. The macro setting will let you get closer to the subject, and the closer you are the shallower the DOF, but it will still be pretty deep. Geettinng closer will help isolate your subjject and emphasize whatever it is that you want, but you may find that you will need to be more aware of the total image and have to pick an angle (perspective) and subject placement in addition to getting close.
Anne


Its a well exposed picture but the composition is a bit lacking. I assume because the title of the image is 'Skeleton', the main subject of the image should be the dead 'skeleton' of the leaf veins?? The best example of this type of leaf is slightly to the right of the centre and is out of focus (in fact, the point of focus appears to be slightly to the left of the centre of the image).


If you want this leaf to be the main subject, you need to 'isolate' it a bit from the background, to give it some impact. You could possible change your point of view so that you shoot this leaf against a clean, blue sky (plain background), OR you'll have to have a shallower depth of field to keep the leaf of interest sharp but blur the rest of the them. I see an aperture of f3.2 for this image, (which is large) but as you are shooting on a Fuji S5600, the sensor size will be smallish %26amp; the overall outcome is that shallow DOF is difficult to achieve. Do you have a macro setting? It might be worth trying this.