Funny, that is what my wife said also about the bottom. But I did it this dark on purpose. Oh well, guess I will have lighten it up since that is the recurring theme. How about if I just lighten the stem? Do you think that would work?
Thanks so much for a the comments.
I agree on a little too much dark at the bottom, but perhaps a little less dark and some vignetting at the top and corners to balance the darkness and draw attention to the flower? Just a thought.
I like the image quite a bit overall.
Posted by Ned Fenimore on April 15, 2010 at 11:32 PM
I kind of like the dark look.. agreeing that maybe some stem lightening might be an improvement....
I thought about that John but I liked the idea of a light emerging from a dark swamp to light the way. That is why I originally darkened the bottom so much. It was more of an artistic statement than technical correctness.
Posted by John Williams on April 17, 2010 at 10:05 AM
I'm looking at this on my home, calibrated, monitor now, and it definitely looks better. I've been experimenting with dark in my images a bit too. It's interesting, because here on NPN (myself included) we often criticize black that would be gorgeous in a print. Maybe it's because with modern cameras or processing we know those shadow details are obtainable? Maybe it just doesn't look as good when the picture is made with light (monitor) when compared to reflected light (print). Anyway, I bet that black would rock in a print .
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Thanks so much for a the comments.
I like the image quite a bit overall.