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Sunflower study

HowardJ
Posted 21/08/2009 - 16:22 Link
Taken on Wednesday at almost midday

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and another angle,fiddled about with in PSE

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C&C, and advice as always please.

Thanks in advance.

Howard

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mikew
Posted 21/08/2009 - 17:04 Link
After all my activity with that wheat B&W conversion I think it's only polite to return your favour.

Colours are great, focus is great as is the exposure in both photographs so you have every right to be well pleased with that. The composition of the first one seems a bit too central for my taste which you have demonstrated in the second one by having it off centre. I think I'd have had a little more space at the top to move the head down away from the centre line.

With flowers I always struggle with the leaves and in the second one there do introduce a slightly jarring element but I don't know what you can do about that.

Mike
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Conky
Posted 21/08/2009 - 17:11 Link
I'm a simple soul and prefer the first one, both the colour and composition. Was it a big hoverfly or a smallish sunflower?
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George Lazarette
Posted 21/08/2009 - 17:14 Link
I prefer the first, and would crop the second at top and sides.

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mikew
Posted 21/08/2009 - 17:22 Link
I'd have thought that with a flower like this that seems to worship the sun then having lots of space for it to look into is the best bet?

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john941
Posted 21/08/2009 - 20:11 Link
First one for me Howard, Great shot. I don't know about the second one.
Cliff-P
Posted 21/08/2009 - 20:27 Link
Very nice Howard, No1 stands out best to for me, love the colour.
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darlene
Posted 22/08/2009 - 03:14 Link
Iam sooo pastioned with greens and yellow.. I would buy this with real cash!!!!!
HowardJ
Posted 22/08/2009 - 11:41 Link
Conky wrote:
I'm a simple soul and prefer the first one, both the colour and composition. Was it a big hoverfly or a smallish sunflower?

Thank you all for your comments. I thought about a different crop for the second, especially off the top but decided to leave it as was.

Thanks to John(John941) for the tip about focussing when we met last week and to Mike(mikew) for the resizing/resharpening tip, both have helped considerably.

Conky wrote:
I'm a simple soul and prefer the first one, both the colour and composition. Was it a big hoverfly or a smallish sunflower?

It's a minature sunflower. I waited seemingly ages for the hoverfly to land and evetually it obliged.

Darlene, be my guest if you want to take a copy of either or both.


Howard
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HowardJ
Posted 22/08/2009 - 11:44 Link
Curses, I did that wrong. Should not have included the quote twice - sorry


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selectcase
Posted 22/08/2009 - 11:56 Link
1st for me - very nice

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