Last Dahlia

Gallery: FloraPosted January 23, 2013684 views8 comments

This Dahlia was the last flower in the garden at the end of the season. This is my third version of this beauty. I have really milked this one! The other two versions can been seen in the Photo Art Gallery here.

Critiques and comments are very welcome and appreciated. Thanks for looking!

Canon 5D3
24-105mm f/4L IS @ 105mm
1/50, f/11, ISO 400
10-25-12, 11:59am

Comments

8 comments

Comment posted by Lucy VanSwearingen on January 24, 2013 at 12:34 PM

The inside petals are beautiful. I would consider cropping all the way to just inside the outer petals and letting the flower fill the scene. IMO, that would throw all the attention to the center and the curled petals.
Or, maybe better, just increase the blacks, so the BG goes dark. Then a crop close to the flower .

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Comment posted by Carol Nichols on January 24, 2013 at 12:45 PM

Lucy, thanks for your comment. You can see a close crop with a dark background in the Photo Art Gallery post that I linked to above. The repost in that link is just what you suggested.

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on January 24, 2013 at 9:30 PM

Beautiful colors and details in this flower, Carol. My suggestions were going to be almost exactly the same as Lucy's. I then visited your repost in the Photo Art gallery. Wow! That is stunning! I must say that one makes more of an impact and shows off all the beauty of this flower. You should post that one in the flora gallery at some point.

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Comment posted by scott lanz on January 24, 2013 at 9:46 PM

Carol, like Carolyn, I prefer the versions you posted in PA. They are quite stunning. In all of the versions, I would dodge the yellow center. Thanks for sharing and posting the link to the PA versions.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on January 25, 2013 at 2:25 AM

Carol:

Lovely flower

My comments echo what Scott had said.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on January 26, 2013 at 11:42 PM

Carol: I really like the glow this gets from the lighting and the overall color palette. A slightly tighter crop would suit me a little better. >=))>

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Comment posted by Ian Wolfenden on January 27, 2013 at 9:33 AM

Perfect isolation of the flower, Carol, with your choice of a centred comp seeming to me absolutely right. The leaves R of centre just distract the eye a little - maybe they could be toned down ? A lovely image whatever.

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Comment posted by Albert Darmo on January 27, 2013 at 10:17 PM

Hi Carol

Carolyns thoughts echo mine

Beautiful work

Albert Darmo

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