Daisy

Gallery: FloraPosted November 6, 2014115 views6 comments

Tried to find some symmetry for cropping, but failed. I have done slective blurring, level changes for bg. Pl let me know if it is acceptable.
Thanks for veiwing and your valuable c & c.
Pentax k-5 with tamron 90mm, f 1/16, 1/60, 200asa

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6 comments

Comment posted by Pat Sampson on November 6, 2014 at 4:17 AM

Striking flower Venugopal. If you wanted you could take the bg completely dark or at least much darker and by going to a square crop for your aspect ratio. I like this as posted but the flower certainly is worthy of its own show. I also think it could stand a bit of darkening.

pat

Registered on May 19, 2007, 953 Posts, 15989 Comments

Comment posted by scott lanz on November 6, 2014 at 7:03 AM

I agree with Pat's take on this one, Venugopal. The tips of the petals look a bit overexposed/washed out. I would darken the image overall, and maybe darken the bg even more, and then try a square crop. The flower is nice, with good separation from the bg, and this image is worth trying some alternative processing.

Registered on November 14, 2003, 840 Posts, 12902 Comments

Comment posted by Nathan Buck on November 6, 2014 at 1:31 PM

I quite like this Venugopal. I think you could darken the image some and it would benefit from the darkening. The plane of focus on the flower is very nice.

For what it is worth, this is actually a Gazania bloom - not a daisy.

Nathan

Registered on November 1, 2003, 1101 Posts, 13589 Comments

Comment posted by Venugopal Thantry on November 7, 2014 at 4:21 AM

Pat, Scott Lanz and Nathan Thanks a ton for the suggestion. Reposting the modified one.

Venu

Registered on May 12, 2011, 33 Posts, 144 Comments

Comment posted by Mike Ramy on November 8, 2014 at 9:23 AM

Hey Venugopal,
Now your on the right track !
The repost is sweet, just the right amounts of all the elements and a nice presentation.
Well done . . .

Registered on June 16, 2012, 567 Posts, 2809 Comments

Comment posted by Venugopal Thantry on November 10, 2014 at 6:54 AM

Thanks to all for correcting and appreciating.

Venu

Registered on May 12, 2011, 33 Posts, 144 Comments