Helios 44M-4 and CZJ Sonnar 135/3.5

[Lena]

This time no flowers with Helios...


but some with Sonnar

[ChromaticAberration]

The car is fine, this type of subject can get very interesting.

The flowers are a bit.. boring? Nothing really captures my attention to be honest. The highlights are blown out, you should choose a different time of the day and/or different lightning conditions, those will give you a hard time and even with exposure compensation I can never get a decent enough balance between highlights and shadows. There is too much wasted space on the picture and the background is too bright, accentuating even more the blown out highlights. I believe flowers should be portraited at a new macro magnification or at least fill the frame more evenly.

Keep 'em coming!

[martinsmith99]

Harsh, but ChromaticAberration is correct about the flowers. Try going in a bit closer and shoot in the shade, or use a diffuser.

[Lena]

Thanks for the hints.

[patrickh]

Nice car - flowers show a lot of the sonnar quality. Try for a dark background if the light is not in your favour.


patrickh