I saw this lovely ending to my favorite rose and went in to get my camera. This rose is lovely in all stages of life. I love the “spaghetti” of seeds and the remnant of pink petals.
Composition & background. While the very top is not in focus, I felt the seed were the focus of the shot. Any comments are welcome!
Is this a composite: No
Olympus OMD II, ISO 200, 60mm macro lens, f/3.5 1/200 sec.
Hi Ann,
The f/stop you chose gives this an incredible oof background the frames the flower so nicely. I think this is awesome.
I agree! The decline of flowers can yield wonderful images. My only suggestion is to lower the saturation of the greens in the BG – they compete a bit with the subject. If that messes up the greens in the subject, and you use PS, Select > Subject and inverse should work very well without too much fiddling with perfection of the selection.
This might also have the structure to make a lovely B/W.
I’ve been meaning to pop in here, but kept forgetting. It is interesting to see the parts of the flower normally hidden by the petals. The two remaining are a little sad, but hopefully this one became a fruit for future generations. I wish it was among others to tell more a story, this isolation is a bit too singular to hold my interest long. You got the focus perfect though…all those little strands are marvelous. It seems a tiny bit magenta to me - the background especially, but that could be me.
I like the toned down version! The magenta in the back doesn’t bother me as it repeats the color of the petals and suggests more blossoms.
