Flower

[kat]

Critique away please. I like this photo but at the same time I don't and can't quite figure out why.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3618/3510004807_907e374a7d_o.jpg

[Marko]

I like this shot and the use of space, just lovely.
To improve I might suggest a 3% burn if the bright spot at top left in the flower has detail in the raw file. I might also suggest making the yellowy tip brighter/contrastier and a bit sharper.
This shot would also work as a cropped vertical imo.
Hope that helps
Marko

[Greg_Nuspel]

Reason = simple elegance

Love it for the simplicity and form

[kat]

To improve I might suggest a 3% burn if the bright spot at top left in the flower has detail in the raw file. Marko

So do you mean I should reopen in raw, do some recovery and burn? Or if there is detail then burn. LOL..I think I may come back to this post and laugh later after I sit and think about it.

Thanks marko. ALWAYS appreciate the feedback!

[kat]

Thank Greg. I was worried it might be too simple. I do that alot.

[Marko]

Or if there is detail then burn.

Correct - IF there is detail to burn, burn it. You won't be able to recover anything in the raw file if it has no detail.

[Mad Aussie]

I can't add to Marko's suggestion. It's very nice as is Kat. I like the vignetting/shadow in the lower left very much as well. Without that I seriously feel the photo would be lacking. That shadow adds weight to the left and therefore makes the negative space even stronger.

This is the sort of photo I could not 'see' myself and therefore unlikely to take myself.

[ridicwilco]

i think it's nearly perfect maybe you could accentuate that yellow a bit more make it pop and/or add some selective focusing to give it that sort of tilt/shift lens effect

[AntZ]

Nice one Kat. I agree with Marko that if there is detail in the bright spot then burn it in. I agree with MA, that I like the shadow on the bottom left, and all have said a bit more saturation on the tip may improve the shot.

[kat]

Alright. There wasn't much detail, just white but I tried the slight burn anyway and battled the saturation/lumin/hue button for the yellow.

Had to do it or it would of been forgotten. Thanks for the words! :thankyou:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3352/3513436994_b123498cc2_o.jpg

[Marko]

Just fab! - Nominated.

[kat]

Thanks marko!

No sense asking for help and not doing it!! :)

[Matthew]

You know I had some thoughts in mind and then...I have two monitors, only one of which is calibrated in any meaningful manner. When I first looked at your image I had some initial thoughts which included ideas on cropping; okay, - when I looked at it on the calibrated monitor the thoughts about cropping were less important.

I say all this because I thought it odd that gamma and colour correctness had anything to do with cropping of an image.

And then moreover - it really sucks that what you post to be viewed has little resemblance to what we see on our monitor.

The only suggestion I would contribute would be to crop the left and top to the same distance from the edge of the print - IMHO.

[kat]

I'm sorry but I'm confused. Are the colors off? My monitor isn't calibrated so that happens :)

[Marko]

Colours are not off to my eye.
I think what Matthew is saying is that on his uncalibrated monitor where the colours ARE off, it looks like the image would look better cropped and he is surprised by that.

Personally that doesn't surprise me, since different shadows and tones 'add' to an image. If we can't see those subtle changes (because the monitor is too dark or too light or has a cast) we may want to change the image through cropping.....that's my take on it anyway and Matthew should feel free to correct me if I've misinterpreted.

Thx - M

[AcadieLibre]

Very well done, really like it a lot and not usually fond of flower shots, this is one of those exceptions. Oh and the colours look very nice on my two monitors of which are both calibrated.

[Matthew]

Marko, you interpreted me correctly. Thanks for reading my mind.

[kat]

Thanks! I just reread it, after a good strong coffee and I think I've come to the same thing marko. Sorry Matthew ...this gal really should be a blonde :)