backlight yellows+reposts

Hi Hee Chye, Love the backlighting here . This scene has good potential - as I see it, may be switching to vertical orientation with only the middle three blooms might have eliminated some of the chaos in the photo. Even as it is, a squarish crop removing the one flower on the left might also make this photo stronger, in my opinion.

Keep sharing your good work with us.

Hi Hee Chye,

Beautiful backlighting on this image.

IMO, the diffuse glow at the bottom of the image is a little distracting.

And, welcome to NPN and Flora.

Carol

I'm a back lighting and light junkie in general Hee Chye, so this has a lot of appeal to me. I like both Ram's and Carols suggestion but I actually think that the crop from the bottom would have the most impact - not a major crop but maybe a fifth of the image or so. The light in this is really fine.

pat

Love the backlighting on this! Good exposure in tricky lighting. I agree with Pat about cropping from the bottom to get rid of some the blurred flowers.

Welcome to NPN!

Very nice. I like the comp and strong backlighting.

Hee Chye: This works for me pretty much as is. I like the lighting and the diagonal arrangement of the main flowers in the frame. Well seen and captured.>=))>

Thank you all for the welcoming and comments.

Hi Ram, here is the square and vertical visions. What do you think?

Here is the square vision.

Hi Pat, thanks for the suggestion. I had cropped slightly from the bottom of the frame. How about this?

And here is another 4:5 ration crop. Which do you prefers?

Hee Chye:
Love the backlit effect here. The stars of the show are the 3 blooms near the center and there of course many ways to crop this as you have done. Each one has its own strength but in the end, I like the original as posted.

Hi Gary, thanks a lot for your comments. Personally I also prefer the original vision and the slightly cropped vision as suggested by Pat.

Hee Chye, I like 2nd followed by 1st in the reposted series. The purpose of the feedback is to help you approach the subject in a different way - its not necessary that all feedback should result in a better picture, however. You filter all the feedback and take what makes sense to you.

Try to approach your subjects and compose them in a way cropping won't be necessary OR think of a proper crop before hand. While I am not against cropping post facto, the former method will help you progress into becoming a good photographer.

Hi Ram, thank you for kind comments and advice. You make it clear to me the purpose of the feedback as well as the approach to cropping. Thanks

Hee Chye: Nice work on the reposts as alternatives. I like the first repost best of the bunch. Of course it is a completely different image than the original but it illustrates how many images can come out of one scene. A handy compositional tool that is effective and cheap is an empty 35mm slide mount. I carry one in my vest pocket and one that I have modified to 4:5 ratio. Hold it up to your subject at various distances to see what's possible. My wife calls them my low budget cameras. Keep up the good work.>=))>

Bill, thank you for your kind words and advice.

Other than the original and slightly crop from the bottom version, I also prefer the first repost over the other. This different cropping really illustrates the many images that can come out of a scene.

The 'low budget cameras' sound handy, and I will like to try this out. Thanks a lot.