Oriental Lily

[asha79]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3362/3483149428_41bfc2b346_b.jpg

Close up of an oriental lily. Thoughts / feedback ?

[Iguanasan]

This is just lovely. I wouldn't change a thing. Print it and frame it. A black border might make it pop just a bit.

[tirediron]

I'm going to disagree somewhat. The exposure is bang on, BUT, IMO, the composition leaves something to be desired. There are two things that concern me; (1) is the background which, despite being softly focused is still very distracting. I would suggest a more even, homogenous background, perhaps a plain wall. (2) The petal which appears to be "pointing" to the viewer doesn't work for me. Given the arrangement of this flower I would have chose a slightly more "down into the bloom" approach to avoid such a large, OOF foreground area.

[Gem]

I'm going to have to agree with TI, here. Good exposure, but the background needs cleaning up, and comp I'm kind of iffy with. It's not working for me, sorry. With that being said, it still beats all my tries at capturing lilies! Lol. =) Nice try!

[asha79]

Iguanasan, tirediron, Gem - Thanks a bunch for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it. I accept all positive and constructive comments equally well :) Thanks again!

[Lovin]

Purely beautiful !

Congrats for this shot !

[Marko]

I have to agree with ti's compositional critique thus far. The colours in the flower are beautiful. great exposure as mentioned.