The Art and Science of the blur had come about. Whereas heretofore the pursuit of the completely defined edge and through the image clarity is the be-all and end-all of modern photography, the filtering notion of blur is now being touted as the height of photographical sophistication.
The photography of microstock can run the continuum from accessory to utility. But assignments can demand simple requirements from a broad range of pictorial and photo file needs. Microstock images can vary from one off purchases to a series of similar purchases. Requests for a group of files may happen when a buyer likes your work but does not see an existing subject covered with the range they need
Advanced software suites can offer intensely sophisticated effects, but the processing requirements, access to the appropriate licenses, and computing time necessary may not appeal to everyone. And that’s after you’ve gotten used to using this or that program, and absorbed the learning curve for that particular command or procedure. Simple tidying up inside a file and adjusting what elements you can of a less than ideal setting can work wonders on the value of a single image.
The image file was minimized as I must always do since my twelve mega pixel Kodak establishes a poster sized image of everything. Yeah, I know I could change the setting. But you never know just when that crazy lucky shot will come through. That’s a poor time to be thinking how unwise you were to reset the default specification on your digital camera’s memory and dimension settings.This way I can see the “postage stamp” light box value, as it were.
Flowers are tough. The challenge comes in finding suitable subject matter, in bloom, in season, without insect damage or trims that ruin the botanical feel of the image. Flower photos can be a challenge getting the focus throughout the shot. The leaves should be uniform or poetically shaped, anything but bland and uninteresting. The coloration should be exciting and fresh, not dried out or sapped.