Sunflower study

Taken on Wednesday at almost midday

[IMG]http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j311/Tinywales/flowers/sunflower_1_w.jpg[/IMG]

and another angle,fiddled about with in PSE

[IMG]http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j311/Tinywales/flowers/sunflower_3_w.jpg[/IMG]

C&C, and advice as always please.

Thanks in advance.

Howard

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

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

I prefer the first, and would crop the second at top and sides.

G

"Get close; then get closer!" David Douglas Duncan

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?

Mike

First one for me Howard, Great shot. I don't know about the second one.

Very nice Howard, No1 stands out best to for me, love the colour.

Iam sooo pastioned with greens and yellow.. I would buy this with real cash!!!!!

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.

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

Curses, I did that wrong. Should not have included the quote twice - sorry


Howard

1st for me - very nice