Dahlia 2

Well, YES this would make a nice greeting card. The mix of colors is wonderful.

Gorgeous Nathan, I definitely think its worth printing.

Beautiful image. The natural vignette from dark to light is amazing (even if you may have helped it along a bit). Your processing is superb here, and I really appreciate the extreme DOF.

Yes, good greeting card material-- the color gradient from dark red to maroon-purple is pretty and interesting. The highlights in the center look a bit bright? That's my only 'nit', because I love the light green near the center; it's a nice contrast to the reds.

I don't know about a greeting card, but I would be proud to print it big and mount it on my wall!

This is a nice dahlia photo. It excels in regard to colors, details, dof. In consideration for greeting cards, I think the shape is a bit long and narrow for the typical greeting card shape. And if your card will have a bit wide borders that are white, that will add emphasis to the white center in the bloom…which might be a bit too contrasty. To offset, I might use curves and color balance to tone down the center's brightness. As is, a sweet photo.

Nathan - Must be a massive Dahlia considering you got that crazy good DOF at F/11. Like your composition a lot with no OOF elements in the front.

I cannot speak to the greeting cards, as I do not understand their design aspects well.

Nathan, this is stunning. The deep color and detail are amazing. I think this will look great printed as a card but would look even better printed large. Great work!

Sanjay

Beautiful, Nathan. I agree with Ken's suggestion to tone down the bright center; otherwise, this is outstanding. I sell greeting cards, but not floral close-ups at this time, so I am not sure about what floral close-ups sell well to the public. I would think that royal purple would be popular, but I would also think that softer and more romantic may sell better (like Catherine's recent lensbaby images). Actually, Nathan, I would love to hear your views on what floral images sell based on your experience as I am expanding my own greeting card business (you can email me if you prefer). Also, do you print your own cards? I use psprint, personally, but this requires volume printing to be economical.

Hi Nathan This one will work very well as a card for the public, and i am sure it will work well for us experts in flora :biggrin love the colors and composition..: but i agree with Ken about the center..


Albert Darmo
Canada

Nathan: We had some of this variety a few years ago and I have a few almost identical frames. I'm viewing this after Dahlia 3. Love the classic comp and the rich color. I like the unconventional comp of Dahlia 3 and do slightly prefer it but this gets very high marks from me. >=))>

Whoa! Total shocker for this to be chosen this week. Thank you very much to the mods and everyone!

Nathan

Beautiful Nathan, I have missed it. The award is very well deserved.

Bold and dramatic. Excellent perspective and details. Would work well on any medium, but I would love to see it on a large canvas.