re: #5 CuriousLurker

Thanks, I’ll keep the distance thing in mind as well as the option of masking. WRT shooting in portrait, no particular reason—just trying different things, seeing how the orientation affects the composition & “feel” of the photo.

You know, I was sort of wondering if being in close and facing the flower from an angle (instead of straight on) was causing focal plane issues. Hmm, a warming filter… maybe I’ll try that. I like Lightroom and know it’s very powerful, but it has a lot of knobs & buttons I’m not familiar with yet—I need to remedy that.

Something i’m just now getting more comfortable with is letting go of attachment to either layout. What took me so darn long? Male brain?

Natural subjects seem to do well with really unconventional compositions. Corner to corner sometimes. Now that gets us to the awkward focal plane, and of course that leads us… Down a path that’s lots more work or $gear. Heh I just cut a couple paragraphs, fell into lecture mode. Stuff you know already.

How ya like Lightroom?