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This is a discussion on dandelions within the Critiques forums, part of the Photography & Fine art photography category; Hi, please let me know what you think. Thanks....

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    The dandelions themselves they are

    As for the photo, that's a different story

    I like this capture. I find it interesting seeing the plant "wedged in" with the stark cement wall. It has a man vs nature thing going on. There's something that is a little off for me but I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe it's the way the dandelions sort of peter out of frame to the right. Maybe it's the fact that there are too many stems going in different directions which keep pulling my eye around the frame. A tighter crop may have worked better here. Hope you don't mind but I tried one as an example.

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    Welcome Anastasia!

    Iggy is bang on here. For me it's the stems going in different directions. Iggy's crop works on this shot or a tighter crop of this shot would likely work better.
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    Hey! Wow. Didn't realize it was your first post. I thought I had seen your name before. Welcome to the forum!
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    Welcome Ana. I too thought I had seen this name somewhere else on the forum. Numbers do not lie though. Anyways, I like the thought going on in this image. I like Iggs crop on this but I also think this is what I would have preferred to have seen. Its really rough PP work but it gives the idea.

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    Hi Ana! Welcome! As you can see one picture can tell a 100 stories depending on how you capture it. This is a great learning forum with some really great people willing to share their ideas and we look forward to seeing/hearing yours.

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    Hey thanks for the replies guys;
    yeah it was my first post,
    Ive just got Canon 50d so Im going to post some more in a couple of days to learn your secrets of cool pictures

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