Quote Originally Posted by Andy Stringer View Post
I like the arrangements. Did your wife use that sabre to cut the flowers? I must admit that I found the background slightly distracting, especially in the second shot. Perhaps you could use a shallower depth of field to separate your subject, or find a plain feature to place behind the subject to isolate it from the background.
Thanks for the tips! It looks like I took those at f/5.6 and 18mm, so I could have opened it up to f/3.5. Not sure how much that would have changed the shot though. I was thinking more about getting a sharp image when I took the shots, so I was trying to stay away from being wide open. All things to learn to think about! I'm still a little limited in shallow depth of field with the kit lens.