Waterlilies: August 2019, Waterlilies in Carroll Creek, downtown Frederick MD...

FunkyL Loc: MD

August 2019, Waterlilies in Carroll Creek, downtown Frederick MD

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lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

dpullum Loc: Tampa Florida

Simple, quiet, beautiful.

FunkyL Loc: MD

dpullum wrote:

Simple, quiet, beautiful.

Thank you, dpullum!

FunkyL Loc: MD

lamiaceae wrote:

Thanks, lamiaceae

Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

Critique? Why, I like it just as it is

photogeneralist Loc: Lopez Island Washington State

Overall it's a good photo, as the other prior commenters have noted. However it (IMHO) could be improved with judicious cropping so that the main blossom is at the bottom right 3rds intersection and the secondary blossom is the the top left. I think that this eliminates some superfluous foliage etc and makes the subject stronger. Of course there are different strokes>>>>>>folks.

FunkyL Loc: MD

photogeneralist wrote:

Overall it's a good photo, as the other prior commenters have noted. However it (IMHO) could be improved with judicious cropping so that the main blossom is at the bottom right 3rds intersection and the secondary blossom is the the top left. I think that this eliminates some superfluous foliage etc and makes the subject stronger. Of course there are different strokes>>>>>>folks.

Thanks, photogeneralist. Is this what you had in mind? I agree the foliage on the right side doesn't add much....I was taken by the appearance that the photo was taken in some deep, dark, overgrown swamp, while I knew the plants were all in pots in a shallow cement lined urban creek bordered by wide open brick walkways with shops and restaurants... not something a viewer would know.

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Tjohn Loc: Inverness, FL formerly Arivaca, AZ

photogeneralist Loc: Lopez Island Washington State

FunkyL wrote:

Thanks, photogeneralist. Is this what you had in mind? I agree the foliage on the right side doesn't add much....I was taken by the appearance that the photo was taken in some deep, dark, overgrown swamp, while I knew the plants were all in pots in a shallow cement lined urban creek bordered by wide open brick walkways with shops and restaurants... not something a viewer would know.

Yes!!!!!

FunkyL Loc: MD

Tjohn wrote:

Thanks, Tjohn!

FunkyL Loc: MD

photogeneralist wrote:

Yes!!!!!

Thanks for your suggestion photogeneralist, I like it!

magnetoman Loc: Purbeck, Dorset, UK

I like both versions, cropped and not, but for me the ‘not’ wins as it gives setting, just like your original intention. I like that sort of detail.

FunkyL Loc: MD

magnetoman wrote:

I like both versions, cropped and not, but for me the ‘not’ wins as it gives setting, just like your original intention. I like that sort of detail.

Thanks Magnetoman!