From my mothers garden

[Mad Aussie]

[GregL]

Great shots here Mad Aussie. I particularly like the 1st one, the pattern of the leaves, the colour and the clarity.

[JAS_Photo]

Very pretty. The first one looks like the ribbons on a birthday present!

[tomorrowstreasures]

top one for me too. lovely colors!

[kat]

Yup..top left one is a winner to me!

[tirediron]

Very much like the composition in all of the images, but the focus seems a little off in each one to me. #1: The two leaves near the centre are very distracting due to their very soft focus, and I would prefer to see the foreground (bottom) somewhat sharper. Understand this is difficult to achieve. #2 seems soft all over. #3: as per #2; I can't find the point of focus on this image. Are these shot hand-held?

[Marko]

Agreed - I love the top left shot (Awesome colours and love the drops) though it could be a tad sharper. What aperture was used?

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks all.

Yes TI ... all handheld

I think the top one was f5.6 as I wanted a narrow dof but perhaps with those two centre leaves a narrower dof might have been better.

[BlueX]

I really like these pics. The colors of the first on are great and sureal. They really jump at you. The pink flower is very nice too. Again, the colors are excellent. The third one is a nice photo too, but not as nice as the other 2. I think the problem might be a lack of a specific subject/focal point for the viewer.