Gerber Daisy B&W

An excellent and enjoyable composition. Personally I think the black BG & DOF both work well here. I very much like the diagonal negative kind of space upon the bottom left & top right, and think that this could be an area to explore further. My only real suggestion would be perhaps to also have used a weaker sidelight as this may have help to produced a more three dimensional look. Very small suggestions about a shot I very much enjoyed viewing.

Best regards
Matthew

Kathy,

Well done! I think you've taken a rather ordinary subject, a gerber daisy, and come up with a striking, ORIGINAL, and beautiful photo. The composition and angle work great. If I could change anything, I might lighten the lower left corner just a tad so it doesnt go completely black. Again, terrific job.

Nicely done, Kathy. I like black BG for single subjects such as flowers and I also enjoy the negative space. I noticed that you have an Epson 2450 scanner. What dpi did you scan this at? or perhaps I should ask you what dpi do you usually scan your negs at? I haven't had time (due to work) to fool around with my scanning. Thanks for sharing the image

Very nice shot. I like the perspective and the choice of B&W!

Thanks, everyone for commenting & for the suggestions. I still need to print this one out in the darkroom, and might try dodging the LL dark area a bit. I agree, a little more detail there would be nice.
I've been playing around with lighting, and to keep it cheap, bought a shop light that clips on. The light can tend to be a bit harsh, though, as I found out when doing some portraits of family members a couple of weeks ago. Gotta figure out a way to diffuse it a little.
Beth, I usually scan at 1800 dpi. That seems to work well for me, and doesn't take too long for the scan. I've had people tell me to scan with as much dpi as possible, but find it time consuming to go much higher. If I print, then I size it down to 300dpi. I'm still on a learning curve with the scanning & printing, too, so alot of it is just experimenting.

Very nice Kathy - especially with the black and white. It gives this image such a sophisticated feel. I played with lighting a bit too. Some things I thought about using for diffusing the light is tissue paper, just plain copy paper crumpled up to give it some texture...Going to have to do some more playing!

Nathan

This is very nice..I agree with the dodge idea on the LL..maybe ramp up the contrast a tad as well..but a very nice image that would look good printed I'm sure

Kathy: This has an elegance to it that I find very attractive. I've not seen many flower B&W's that I like but this is the exception. ><>