Lean on me
by Kelli

Comment:
Commenting as part of the Flowers side challenge.

This is clearly an effective image but for me, I'm not too keen on the centred composition. I do love the relationship between your subject and the background though.

Daffodil
by stargazer05766

Comment:
I really, really like this image - it could be a tiny bit sharper but other than that it is bang on.

May 01 - White dead netlle
by hajeka

Comment:
Nice shot and a difficult one to pull off - working with very fine DOFs is always difficult.

day 1 - oleander.JPG
by rachelellen

Comment:
A really lovely image of a great looking flower. I feel like I am nit-picking, but I think that a slight increase in exposure, contrast and saturation would make this pop.

May flower side challenge #1
by Denise

Comment:
Great POV and the sky works beautifully - I don't mind the harsh lighting but I would have perhaps edited to exploit it a little by using curves to darken some of the darker mid-tones.

Overall though, I really like it.

Dendrobium Duo
by yakatme

Comment:
This is a great image with near perfect technicals - for me, it perhaps doesn't show off the 3 dimensions of the flower; I'm sure this was an artistic choice but I can't help but wonder how it would look shot less enface.

Color everywhere
by Pikkel

Comment:
yakatme - what he said!

I don't quite know what the background is and I really like it - I'm not sure you've made best use of it, but what a great eye you have to see the potential in this scene.

Message edited by author 2009-05-02 16:44:05.

Can you see me now?
by Pikkel

Comment:
A lovely image and very nearly a great one. Reminds me of a butterfly.

I'd like to see your PP steps; I'd probably approach it a little differently - upping the exposure with a big ramp up in the black point to isolate it a little more from the background; with a final bit of highlight recovery to bring back the yellow, then sharpen to taste.

Having said all that, you may not have access to such tools and actually your image is still lovely.

Red
by Carlo21

Comment:
I really like this - the extremely narrow DOF make for a very tricky shoot. I often try and take these hand-held and I think might slight front to back swaying means getting optimal focus is almost impossible.

I think an f number of say 8, on a tripod would turn a really good image into a great one. Having said that, without some flash assistance on a really high ISO setting you may not have had enough light to shoot at f/8.

IMG_4260-web.jpg
by rodneyg

Comment:
Great flower, great background bokeh but a bigger image and crisper subject would really make this pop. I'm going to disagree with others a little and say that I think the yellow IS a little blown - I suspect some software recovery (if you have it) might bring back a lot of detail to those areas.