Fixed Dark Spot:
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Critique Style Requested: Standard
The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image.
Another Cherry Plum image from earlier this week.
Any thoughts or suggestions appreciated.
56mm, 1/640 sec @ f/1.2, ISO 125
The epitome of spring! Just gorgeous. I love a soft, shoot-through flower photo.
My eye is drawn to the bit of really dark branch below the right-most flower. It’s the highest contrast spot in the frame and it’s distracting to me. Perhaps dodging it a tad to make it match the luminosity of the rest of the branch.
WOW!! So elegant!! Perfect DOF to go with the soft colors and tonalities. I was so taken with the flowers that I didn’t notice the area @Bonnie_Lampley points out, but I agree it might be lightened a bit. Just a few passes with a 30% opaque clone brush in Lighten mode could soften it a bit.
You are killing with wide apertures!!
@Bonnie_Lampley and @Diane_Miller thank you for the kind words and suggestions. I’ve posted a rework to deal with the dark area.
