Hi NPN community
It has been a while since I posted something here. Have to get used to the “new” layout.
We have had a few frosty mornings here in the Netherlands and I noticed this Lithodora still holding on to some flowers.
Panasonic DC-G9,Olympus Macro60mm,F4.5,1/30
Wow! I am really enjoying this shot, Ellen, with the colors being picked up in the frost around the edges of the bloom. Large view is a must see! I wish that stem wasn’t at the right of the bloom, it seems to be pulling my eye away from the beautiful subject. The colors are beautiful. I wonder even if you were to consider cropping this into a vertical, as the greenery to the right doesn’t seem to be adding to the image, if that would even improve this shot even more. Not sure if it would or not, just a thought. It is a lovely image as presented. Glad to see you posting, and I look forward to seeing more of your work.
Ellen: Welcome back and thanks for a fine post. I really like the subject and the frost is a great complementary element. I took the liberty of making the stem Shirley mentioned go away and cropped it a little tighter to get rid of the dark corners. Looking forward to more of your work .>=))>
Hi Bill! That crop looks good and you did a fine job cloning the dark stem out. Thanks!
Hi Ellen. Love the delicate ice crystals on the flower. Bill’s crop and rework of the background works very well. Nice capture.
The frosting of ice adds to the cool tones of this image. The flower looks bejewled. Charming image
So nice to see you posting again, Ellen - I have always admired your images. Love the sharp detail in the frosted petals - a very nicely composed shot.
Nice shot, though I think @Bill_Fach’s rework really tightens it up. Would like a little more dof on the top petal of flower, but not a deal breaker. It seeme the flower was pretty parallel to plane of focus, so maybe one more stop to 5.6 might have worked?
