Fujinon 35mm macro. Which one should i choose, shallow or deep dof?

9 years 10 months ago #372785 by alexlky
I have 2 shots taken yesterday plan for macro photography contest, which one should i choose and why? 

aperture 14 from max 16



aperture 1.8 out of 1.4


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9 years 10 months ago #372788 by garyrhook
The first. The second one has no context and is quite atypical. I don't think it would be well-received. IMO.


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9 years 10 months ago #372789 by Screamin Scott
The 1st image, but I would crop off a portion of the left side of the image so it's not so centered & then the stem leads your eye into the frame from the lower left corner...

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9 years 10 months ago #372985 by Stealthy Ninja
2nd one looks like you're drowning a bug in strawberry milk.

I'd say go for the 1st one if the judges are old and set in their ways. 

2nd one if  the judges are young and/or want to be cool (hipsters).
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9 years 10 months ago #373017 by alexlky

Stealthy Ninja wrote: 2nd one looks like you're drowning a bug in strawberry milk..

 :woohoo:  :agree:

The judges could be old but young at heart and sometime its could be the other way round :-) 


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9 years 10 months ago #373025 by Stealthy Ninja

alexlky wrote:

Stealthy Ninja wrote: 2nd one looks like you're drowning a bug in strawberry milk..

 :woohoo:  :agree:

The judges could be old but young at heart and sometime its could be the other way round :-) 


I say go for the second one and be a bit daring.  Maybe they'll have a billion like the first one. 
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