The trick of a flower photo is background, DOF control and selective sharpness. Tony Sweet is a published photographer on this subject, when he goes to a garden, he looks for the BACKGROUND FIRST, then he picks out a flower as the foreground. Shallow DOF and selective focus (sharpness) will help to bring out the main subject in a composition. A good flowe... read more »

CZJ 35mm/f2.4: CZJ 135mm/f3.5: read more »

1. A ring on Bible. Love is based on God’s word. The ring represents commitment, the shadow of the ring becomes a shape of heart on Bible. That page is in book “Song of songs” which basically is a love poem. Very strong soft-focus effect is applied on. 2. A picture not in plan. The plan was to take a picuture of the memorial tower at nigh... read more »

Well, first of all, the legendary Pentax 645D DSLR with a 31.6 megapixels Kodak ccd. We have to admit that it looks not as fancy as the Hasselblad H3D-31 which has the same amount of pixels. But 645 is way larger than 44*33. So I guess we can expect better image quality and wider dynamic range from 645D, oh, of course higher price too, unfortunately. And of... read more »

Spring is coming waterdrop is difficult to shoot bokeh is good I need a 1:1 macro lens (VOIGTLANDER 125mm/f2.5 SL is prefered) read more »