What technical feedback would you like if any?
What artistic feedback would you like if any?
Any pertinent technical details:
Not sure about the composition.
Taken at Longwood’s display garden. Used Canon SX60, F5, 1/60 sec., ISO 400.
Very cool, Patricia. The feeling of depth is very impressive. The leaf in the lower left seems to pull the balance that way a bit. I might be tempted to clone over it with some of the darker area and the indistinct fern patterns.
I agree partly with Dennis, but I believe you could achieve a better balance by cropping the left side about an inch and adding a content aware inch on the right in the crop. This would give a stronger diagonal with the remains of the lower left leaf and two leading lines in the leaf veins to support the diagonal.
I like it as is… Your processing is always sort of intriguing, a great look to it…
I like as is, I might just darken the leaves, although they don’t really distract me from the center and the all the lovely colors between.
Wow, this is another beauty! The detail and colours are stunning, especially the throat.
I prefer the second version, but I’d add via Content-Aware a fair bit at the left and bottom. Seems quite tight in the frame to me.
Sandy
I like the repost as is, Patricia. The image is pushing up and right and you left the room there. I could see Phil’s suggestion to include part of that lower left leaf as a leading line, but the bloom itself pulls one into the image nicely.
Patricia: I like the repost but on the whole I think I like the original better. All I would do on the original is make the leaf tip on the right of the flower go away. I’m OK with the LLC. Beautiful color palette. >=))>