Sepia Flowers
by ali626

Comment by Sonifo:
I really like the tones and great composition.

butterfly3cropped.jpg
by ali626

Comment by Sonifo:
This is very pretty. Great shot!

Ritter Park
by ali626

Comment by SJCarter:
Beautiful shot - but needs to be cropped much closer IMHO. The DOF is very good and the colors are very natural, but I think they could be bumped up a hair.

Ritter Park
by ali626

Comment by pawdrix:
I'd like to see this one in tighter but it also looks a little soft so that might not have been possible. Nice capture none the less.

Ritter Park
by ali626

Comment by tsheets:
Personally, I don't think all the extra space to the right does anything for the shot. Maybe cropping closer would set the focus more on the butterfly and bees. Also, maybe a bit more DOF. Looks like the flower the butterfly is on was actually the focus point. I think it's nice that the bees are relatively in focus as well, though.

Red Flowers
by ali626

Comment by letenele:
Very nice, in this case you could even isolate the flowers in focus and even center them. The background blur is excellent. The colors are vibrant. Good job.

Red Flowers
by ali626

Comment by groggyfroggy:
I raelly like the colors, what post processing did you do?

Family Hug
by ali626

Comment by Neil:
Great candid capture, the colors and smiles work really well here. So nice of you to tell the family and send them the photo. This really should have finished higher. I think something that might help a little is to crop a bit more off the left, putting them further off center. I know that sounds like a canned response using the rule of thirds, but if you hold you hand over the left side of the shot almost to the people I think you'll see it gains an interesting balance. Also, try just a tad more sharpening (USM or sharpen edges) after reducing for upload.

And thanks so much for your comments on my recently uploaded abstract.

Three Leaves Left
by ali626

Comment by 4score:
Wow...very nice. I love the shallow DOF and the leaves are right in the crash points.. Hard to believe you maintained such good focus on all of them. Lighting is warm too. I just LOVE looking at this shot. You should be proud!

flower
by ali626

Comment by GeneralE:
Do not bring these for your prom date's corsage.