Left or Right? Got no farther than the garden centre over the weekend. I was taken with the flowers on display where the blue and yellow complementary, (almost) colours were. I cropped...

nairiam Loc: Bonnie Scotland

Got no farther than the garden centre over the weekend.
I was taken with the flowers on display where the blue and yellow complementary, (almost) colours were. I cropped to offset the 'odd' colour right of centre and left of centre.

The trees caught my eye where I saw the paving as a miniature avenue. I was also surprised to note the autumn colours appearing so soon. Similar treatment to above.

4 in total.

On the left

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On the right

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Avenue

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Avenue right

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GTinSoCal Loc: Palmdale, CA

Flowers, don't care, I like them both :-)
The avenue I think would look best completely symmetrical.

Just my $.02, which now worth, umm not much :-)

GT

wayne-03 Loc: Minnesota

As far as the flowers go, we read left to right so when possible I always put the point of interest to the left. That pulls your eye and then you move to the right naturally.

As for the path, it pulls slightly to the right, so I would put it on the left. That way it will lead your eye into the picture. If you put it on the right it leads your eye off the picture.

vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country

I like both flower shots and the first "avenue." The first "avenue" shot has better lighting and contrasts than the second, and doesn't have the green structure as a distraction. I like the asymmetrical composition in that one as well. Very nice series.

nairiam Loc: Bonnie Scotland

GTinSoCal wrote:

Flowers, don't care, I like them both :-)
The avenue I think would look best completely symmetrical.

Just my $.02, which now worth, umm not much :-)

GT

Thanks for viewing and taking the time to comment. It is appreciated.

nairiam Loc: Bonnie Scotland

wayne-03 wrote:

As far as the flowers go, we read left to right so when possible I always put the point of interest to the left. That pulls your eye and then you move to the right naturally.

As for the path, it pulls slightly to the right, so I would put it on the left. That way it will lead your eye into the picture. If you put it on the right it leads your eye off the picture.

Thank you so much for your thoughts. Something to consider in future.

nairiam Loc: Bonnie Scotland

vicksart wrote:

I like both flower shots and the first "avenue." The first "avenue" shot has better lighting and contrasts than the second, and doesn't have the green structure as a distraction. I like the asymmetrical composition in that one as well. Very nice series.

Thank you for the kind response. I appreciate all comments and value what has been said.

Sirius_one Loc: S.F. Bay Area

Very nice set; I love the first flower and first avenue shots best. :thumbup:

nairiam Loc: Bonnie Scotland

Sirius_one wrote:

Very nice set; I love the first flower and first avenue shots best. :thumbup:

Thank you for looking in and taking the time to comment.

rlaugh Loc: Michigan & Florida

The one on the right just seem to appeal to me more...would be interesting to know if right handed or left handed people differ...I'm right handed!!

nairiam Loc: Bonnie Scotland

rlaugh wrote:

The one on the right just seem to appeal to me more...would be interesting to know if right handed or left handed people differ...I'm right handed!!

Thanks for taking the time to comment. People have pretty definite views I think. Must be a difference between dexter and sinister! In the past I have flipped some of my images left to right and for myself, found big differences.

Ugly Jake Loc: Sub-Rural Vermont

Left on both, but definitely in the flower shot - nice color and composition.

nairiam Loc: Bonnie Scotland

Ugly Jake wrote:

Left on both, but definitely in the flower shot - nice color and composition.

Thanks for viewing and for the kind response. It is nice to get independent views.