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Color contrast, Small flower

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Posted by Darren White on May 31, 2006 at 10:46 PM
Color contrast, Small flower
saw this the other day while hiking along some trails by my house...

Comments and Critiques please
Posted by Ned Fenimore on May 31, 2006 at 11:16 PM
This is a beauty, Darren - I really like how you took care to frame the flower perfectly in the framing provided by the leaves. I almost wish the bottom center leaf was in focus, but not at the expenese of the soft, out of focus background.. Very good!
Posted by Tim Goodspeed on June 1, 2006 at 12:25 AM
Darren, nice shot. Hey, I enjoyed our hike on Monday. Great to meet you. Hope to see you out on another trip soon.
Posted by Rick Lundh on June 1, 2006 at 10:17 AM
Darren,
Really goo deye on this image. Very attractive. I think if it were mine, I'd do a gaussian blur on the leaves that are in focus...ya know, center on the flower a tad more.
Posted by Erik Lundh on June 1, 2006 at 4:20 PM
I would try to make the flower a little bigger. That would also give you more of a bokeh. Minor suggestions to an already nice image.
Posted by SandyRichardsBrown on June 1, 2006 at 7:26 PM
This is a salmonberry, if you're wondering. very nice! I agree that keeping only the flower in focus, with a G. blur on the rest, might work well. Sandy