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06/16/2008 07:12:01 PM |
| Great contrast & composition- the other bloom is distracting IMHO :) |
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06/10/2008 09:40:03 PM |
Because you've made a really good start here, I'm gonna 'nitpik' a bit and suggest that the bird of paradise blossoms do not exactly make a great color match for the orchids. But even if the colors worked well together, the bits at the bottom are, well, just tiny suggestions and could be cloned out without hurting the composition.
Yes, adding the bit of black to the left side of the composition works well to keep from overcrowding at the borders. And the orchids are perfectly exposed. Nice lighting. |
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05/31/2008 07:13:34 PM |
| beautiful .. you started with an extremely excellent image .. love your crop and process .. the colours & detail/sharpness are perfect .. :) |
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05/31/2008 05:28:53 PM |
| First off I love that in the original shot you composed it such that you have the hot pink orchids are exposed nicely and thus they pop off the dark backdrop. When one can, starting off with a good composition really helps to lessen what work one needs to do the improve it:-) The textures of the petals pop more in this one than the original -sharpening? brightness/contrast?. You did a fine job in widening the shot so that in this composition the flowers are more center composed in the shot. I do like what you did with the after but I find that the original has a greater appeal because I like the way the flowers seem to be climbing up the left side; like that of a vine adorning a wall. Sometimes an off-center or off-side main subject with 'some' negative space can be appealing as well as a center composed image. |
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05/31/2008 11:44:15 AM |
| You did a nice job of widening the shot. Something was bugging me as I flipped b&f between the two and I noticed that there is a shadow on the topmost petal, but no shadow on the BG anywhere. Didn't know if you noticed :) You have a little haloing around the flowers too. I would like to see your processing steps :) |
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05/31/2008 10:29:47 AM |
This was a good job of widening the image to improve composition. I would not have thought about doing that, except possibly with a very important image.
I like flower shots, and this is a very good one with the way the light presents the colors in the orchids. |
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