Wild Wallflowers.

Not my typical subject but after reading the post about original and different, I decided to mix some new things into my bag of waterfalls....


the color is due to the early morning filtered light coming from the east.....

Washington side of the Gorge, Saturday morning!

thanks for your input on this!

Darren

I really like the colors and light here....actually I prefer this kind of image to most of the waterfall shots I've seen. I think I prefer this with a crop just above the flowers on the lower left....either way is very nice. Did you do any tighter comps to simplify the image further?

Hey Darren. Well, I admit at first glance I was going to say I did not care for it too much. Yet I decided to not saying anything and come back to it before saying anything. It's not one of your best images, although I am sure you knew that, yet it's really growing on me. The colors are done well and the comp seems well balanced!

Darren: This is exactly the kind of wildflower shot that I value - showing the plant(s) in their habitat. I prefer these to the "plant catalog" close-ups by a country mile. I think this is very nice.

Darren, this is very refreshing unique and beautiful. Congrats on trying something different and pulling it off !

I think I might scale back the colors just a hair but all in all, I like it.

I agree with Marc, Darren - a nice sample of habitat, plus a little geology thrown in. I'd also suggest a bit less saturation, particularly given the sagebrush country setting and parent hues in that environment.

If Darren's colors are oversaturated, it's not by much. Those orange and yellow basalt lichens can be so bright you have to see them in person to believe it. I mean, they are positively BRILLIANT!!!