The Flower from Hell

[klas]

I like this photo, what do you think could be done to improve it?

[Marko]

Hey Klas,

That's pretty interesting! In terms of how to improve here's what I'd do...though it's already quite good!

- Clone out the bottom left corner
- brighten and sharpen (a wee bit) the center of the flower.
- There's a diagonal line just above the flower that looks like a failed clone. I'd fix it.
- Slap a border on the sucker.

Too funny I just uploaded a pic of mine that looked somewhat similar.

Nice job!
Marko

[tirediron]

Agree with Marko; I also wonder if this might not be interesting as a high-contrast B&W?

[klas]

Thank you Marko and Tirediron! I did what you said:

• Bottom left corner melted down a little
• Brighten and sharpen the flower a little
• diagonal line blurred
• No border, but burned in the cornes a little
• Black and white

I really like the b&w idea:

[Marko]

I like this black and white version as well (still needs work to control brighter areas) but I think I preferred the colour one.

[tirediron]

I like this black and white version as well (still needs work to control brighter areas) but I think I preferred the colour one.

Agree. Having seen the mono conversion, the image really doesn't suit it, and a high contrast version just plain wouldn't work. Good thing digital prints don't take long to dry!

[fante]

In the B/W, the background colors ain't there, which makes it boring and flat.

I would recommend working on the color one instead. If you have a copy of Photoshop (or similar), try to mask out the flower and play with the levels, hue/saturation, curves and so on, on the flower. An easier way is to use dodge and burn.