Image Description
Wisconsin is home to many orchid species, but the one I’m most familiar with, Pink lady’s slipper, I hardly ever see. So when I found this spent seed pod in a nature preserve that I know fairly well, I hope I can find it in the summer. It’s on the edge of a bog and since I snowshoed straight across it, I don’t know if there is a trail that can also get me to this spot. Either way I’m glad I found it and really liked that it had split so you can see through to the snow behind.
Type of Critique Requested
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Aesthetic: Feedback on the overall visual appeal of the image, including its color, lighting, cropping, and composition.
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Technical: Feedback on the technical aspects of the image, such as exposure, color, focus and reproduction of colors and details, post-processing, and print quality.
Specific Feedback and Self-Critique
The presentation is a bit awkward because of two shadows on either side from some trees. As it is I had to even out some lighter shadows and that was a challenge. Any ideas for processing welcome.
Technical Details
Handheld
Lr for all processing - not much needed doing globally so I relied on masking to even out the tones in the snow and to put some sharpening, texture & clarity into the plant itself. Cropped to 4:5.