Frank2013 wrote:
An interesting image Bob, nice technique and technically sound..I commend you for not being lazy with your brushwork here, laugh. I find it compositionally well doneâ¦if I had a nitpick it would be the leaf upper left about 10:00 Oâclock coming in at a different direction, canât explain why but it gains my attention when viewing in that area of the image...
Frank, the leaf is politically correct, and maintains its true orientation. The "rest" of the image was rotated 50 degrees to the right and then cropped to compensate for a large hole in the bottom left corner. I didn't want to lose the leopard spots, and the black hole was way more disturbing than an errant leaf.