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Blossom, no 3

by trixie

Cropped and re edited, from the original photo from 16th April.

Uploaded19/04/2011 - 16:49

CategoryFlowers & plants

BodyPENTAX K-x

Shutter Speed1/45

Aperturef/8

LensN/A

ISO400

Focal Length30.63mm

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Tagsblossom springtime cropped paintshop pro

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Date Taken	16/04/2011 - 12:04
Make	PENTAX
Model	PENTAX K-x
Program Mode	Aperture Priority
Metering Mode	Center-weighted average
Shutter Speed	1/45
Aperture	f/8
ISO	400
Focal Length	30.63mm
Lens	N/A

thoramay thoramay

618 posts
17 years

Posted 19/04/2011 - 17:44 Link

You do the picture the way you see it.
Here is how I see it.

I would crop out those patches of white top right using the green of the leaves to balance the top left. The white patches draw your eyes away from the flower head.
I would then sharpen the yellow tips just a little to stand out from the flower itself.
Just a personal viewpoint and what I would do if entering it in my club's competition.
Do you belong to a Camera Club???

Cliff-P Cliff-P

1000 posts
17 years
United Kingdom

Posted 19/04/2011 - 18:46 Link

Very vibrant Trixie.

Cliff.

My Flickr link
Nikon D750, D7000 , Nikkor 80-400, 70-300 and 18-200 lenses

carkaci carkaci

68 posts
15 years
izmir / Turkey

Posted 19/04/2011 - 19:56 Link

What a nice colour !! nice flowers , pretty good shot

Regards;

Emre

GIULIO57 GIULIO57

31 posts
17 years
Firenze-Italia

Posted 19/04/2011 - 20:07 Link

3rd time I write "good"

PPG

senn senn

147 posts
16 years
Belgium

Posted 19/04/2011 - 20:52 Link

I think it's quite better than previous version, .. nevertheless I agree with thoramay's comment too.

but there is no such thing as a perfect pic

cheers

senn
my flickr gallery
my PPG

Edited by senn: 19/04/2011 - 20:53

trixie trixie

97 posts
15 years
Sheffield

Posted 19/04/2011 - 22:00 Link

thoramay wrote:
You do the picture the way you see it.
Here is how I see it.

I would crop out those patches of white top right using the green of the leaves to balance the top left. The white patches draw your eyes away from the flower head.
I would then sharpen the yellow tips just a little to stand out from the flower itself.
Just a personal viewpoint and what I would do if entering it in my club's competition.
Do you belong to a Camera Club???

Cliff-P wrote:
Very vibrant Trixie.

carkaci wrote:
What a nice colour !! nice flowers , pretty good shot

GIULIO57 wrote:
3rd time I write "good"

senn wrote:
I think it's quite better than previous version, .. nevertheless I agree with thoramay's comment too.

but there is no such thing as a perfect pic

cheers

Thank you everyone, I keep trying to get my best one yet.

szgabor szgabor

84 posts
16 years
Budapest,
Hungary

Posted 20/04/2011 - 05:56 Link

Nice crop. You can fix the white patches (that was mentioned by thoramay) using 'recovery' settings. It can dim these bright white areas and recover some details. You can also reduce the highlights that will give similar result. I also suggest you the increasing of the contrast a bit.

Regards,
Gábor
My website