Fall Thistle

A Fall Thistle, Bainbridge Island, Washington

Specific Feedback Requested

I am curious what you think about the composition and if you see any processing issues. Any feedback welcome – recently moved from Fuji to Sony and this is one of the first images I’ve taken with the 28-70, so I’m still feeling my way around with the setup.

Technical Details

Sony A7IV, FS 28-70 @ 70mm, 1/320 @ F6.3, ISO 100.

Chuq, I love the colors of golds and browns in this The nice curve of the stem on the sead head of the Thistle helps the composition. If it was mine, I might try to darken the stem in the background as well as the bright spot down at the bottom right edge, I find it pulling my eye slightly. A very nice image as presented.

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Hi Chuq,
Very nice photo. I like how the plant is illuminated with subtle light from the left and the bokeh is very nice.

I don’t have a vast knowledge of plants, but I know this to be Queen Anne’s Lace. Normally they open to form an umbrella type top. This one failed to open before drying. I copied a URL below, if your interested in the looking at the different forms.

Thanks for sharing.

https://www.google.com/search?q=queen+anne's+lace&sa=X&biw=2347&bih=1180&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&vet=1&fir=KDULqoWXy7pssM%252C2UriPdc2TfmguM%252C_%253B47_6eljbsefx-M%252CQk_PJiczF8y8lM%252C_%253BLiCudeBZazgKNM%252CngWbiS_tGvwxnM%252C_%253BpAQ7_Dx7KAaKhM%252CUCeYAVBvsosrwM%252C_%253BNgN189LTIheyNM%252CdrZtYrUti3wkhM%252C_&usg=AI4_-kTVvWjH5Fb8Pm1TObxKUrns9EdCWQ&ved=2ahUKEwj5rpn1mcr6AhWumWoFHQlDC3wQ_h16BQiFARAB

Good suggestions, thank you!

Thank you. I’ll update the metadata.