Poppies

I'm not sure I like this image...thoughts?


Poppies by Paul Cliff, on Flickr

i'm not sure either, I find it a bit 'busy' with nowhere for the eye to settle. I can understand though why you wanted to include numerous poppies to give an impression of the scale of display, rather than concentrating on a single one.

Regards
David

Yeah that was pretty much my thoughts.

I remember it was pretty impossible to get remotely close to the poppies, there were tens of thousands of people trying to view them, it was actually pretty uncomfortable once you finally worked your way to the front to catch a glimpse so no chance of any macro type shots or close ups.

I'm pretty happy with this image considering the trouble I had taking it, I wonder if a more panoramic crop might work.

I do have some wider shots from other angles which include The Tower of London, I'll have another look through them see if any of them speak to me.

Salutations Paul

I would of cropped starting from the middle to just a little above where the shadows lie on the stone work.

I'm not keen on the poppies, too surreal for my eyes. But each to their own.

My eyes are drawn to the shadows on the wall, I'm certain that there can be some inference to the armed service personnel who so sadly left behind loved ones, or the fact that each poppy represented a human being who once cast a shadow on a wall.

I don't usually interpret photographic images, but I can definitely 'see' something.

Malcombe

I had similar feelings about this image, I've done another edit below, I think it has more 'focused'.

I've also taken the contrast down and the clarity which seems to have given the poppies a better look.


Poppies-2 by Paul Cliff, on Flickr

I would have cropped the other way. For me this is a photograph about the poppies not the wall. Therefore I would remove most of the wall and leave the poppies in their entirety. Also the wall at the top is the brightest part of the image which also draws and confuses the eye so any bright wall left after the crop I would darken down to make it clear this is all about the poppies. You could of course darken the bright wall down first and see what you think before cropping it down. My two pennies worth.

Cheers

Nigel