The Water Lily Experiment
A photo study of the white fragrant water lily, captured at apertures f/1.4 through f/16.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus
A photo study of the white fragrant water lily, captured at apertures f/1.4 through f/16.
Jeff Sinon Photography 
Beautiful demonstration and presentation, Jeff!
Fascinating! If you think about what each composition communicates, it makes you marvel at the emotion of a dewdrop…or a blurred petal. Those tiny elements definitely carry a kind of weight, felt in some visceral, non-scientific way. At least, I think so!
I haven’t ever thought of it that way, but you’re right. It’s amazing how something as simple as a change of aperture, and the resulting change in depth of field, can yield such a different feeling from otherwise identical photos.
Great photos!
I love your yellow flower
Thank you 🙂
Just beautiful!!!!!
Thank you!
so beautiful and dreamy… I love the first one even more than the one in full focus…
Thanks! You know, I think I like it better too. It really does have a dreamy quality to it.
That was cool, I appreciate it!
Lovely as always, Jeff! 🙂
Thank you, as always 😉
Nice lesson!
Thanks.
So clean and bright, what a wonderful display.
Jeff, I hope to be half the photographer you are…some day. 🙂
janet
Thank you for that wonderful compliment, Janet. Practice, practice, practice, and you’ll get there 😀
Brilliant! a great interpretation of the theme, and some beautiful images too. thanks for sharing!
Thanks! These have been sitting on my hard drive, unseen for over two years. I just knew I was keeping them around for something. 😀
My favourite is f/8 🙂 I do it the same way, but I start at f/2.2 😉
Thanks! Right now, I’m stuck with f/4 as my starting point. That’s as fast as either of my lenses gets 😀
I must agree with other commenters…. Don’t delete!
When looking at my photos I find it really hard to keep ones that are blurred or soft focus… Somehow my eyes don’t notice the artistic quality of my own photos when they aren’t sharp! I can see it in yours though 🙂
Thank you Barbara, as for the photos, they’re safe. 😀