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09/17/2005 05:03:42 PM · #1 |
I was experimenting with the dahlias in front of my house today, and came up with this. The composition feels odd to me.. does anyone have any tips on how to improve it?
Other changes were levels, cloned some white spots on the petals, USM, NeatImage
Message edited by author 2005-09-17 17:03:51.
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09/17/2005 05:25:34 PM · #2 |
Here it is burned/dodged some:
and here burned/dodged some more and cropped.
Overall, I'd say to retake the shot with the flower out of the very edge of the shot. Move it towards the center by half. Then you can post process it some.
Message edited by author 2005-09-17 17:27:06.
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09/17/2005 05:25:40 PM · #3 |
Shoot more than once so you can choose the composition you best like later. It's always better in this type of shot to have your subject (or center of attention) nearer to the top of the image than at the bottom.
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09/17/2005 08:46:36 PM · #4 |
Thank you for the advice :) This picture was cropped from one of most of the plant, but as I wanted to section off a single flower (they grow close to each other) cropping on the edge was the best I could do.
Here's a different crop using wavelength's burning suggestion:
And here's another one of more of that same plant (the flower in the first one is the left one from this view)
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09/17/2005 09:28:23 PM · #5 |
I like your lighting and DOF. Steve's processing and suggestions are very good.
A note on composition:
Westerner's typically scan/read images from left to right. Therefore images with the subject in right corner sometimes feel out of balance.
Psychologically: In portraits you can create a mood of despair or hopelessness by having the subject face down and/or to the left (looking to the past). You can create a feeling of hopefulness or happiness by having the model face to the right and by leaving some negative space in their line of vision (looking to the future). I believe this also applies to images of inanimate objects, as well.
Therefore, you might be able to change the feel of your composition, simply by flipping the image horizontally.
Here is a link on composition. that I often recommend.
Keep up the good work. |
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