a poppy
Jun 25, 2017 13:42:17 #
Jun 25, 2017 14:54:34 #
randomeyes wrote:
a backlit poppy, (please view in download.)
I like backlit photos and there is much to like in this simple composition, but I'm having trouble with the darkness of the rest of the image. Maybe it's my own eyesight or my own problems with interpretation but I keep peering into the dark parts to find out what I'm missing there. It seems well captured which isn't easy with backlit yellow flowers. I like it best cropped into portrait mode eliminating the right bloom and sticking with the backlit one and the buds that enfold it.
Jun 25, 2017 15:50:42 #
minniev wrote:
I like backlit photos and there is much to like in this simple composition, but I'm having trouble with the darkness of the rest of the image. Maybe it's my own eyesight or my own problems with interpretation but I keep peering into the dark parts to find out what I'm missing there. It seems well captured which isn't easy with backlit yellow flowers. I like it best cropped into portrait mode eliminating the right bloom and sticking with the backlit one and the buds that enfold it.
Noted, I have a portrait version cropped as suggested. I have about 10 versions, this is one cropped version.
Also, as has been noted before, I prefer photos on the darker side.
Jun 25, 2017 16:54:45 #
Jun 25, 2017 20:53:21 #
Frank2013
Loc: San Antonio, TX. & Milwaukee, WI.
It's a good image...I lean with minniev about the crop and find your second enjoyable, however for me it seems an optical illusion whether I'm looking at a cup or a cone of a flower...hope that makes sense randomeyes..
Jun 25, 2017 21:47:26 #
Jun 26, 2017 00:31:39 #
randomeyes wrote:
a backlit poppy, (please view in download.)
Lovely light and I think the colors are really appealing. I do think that the flower on the right is more of a distraction than an asset.
Erich
Jun 26, 2017 07:39:23 #
Love it! In my darker, pre-dawn living room it looks great at this exposure: mysterious, engaging. Lighter would be less compelling for me, and I feel the same about cropping. For my own interests, the opening shot is perfectly wonderful.
Jun 26, 2017 08:02:05 #
Jun 26, 2017 09:11:06 #
Thanks one and all, I am a sucker for all things that are backlit.
Jun 26, 2017 09:20:52 #
I much prefer the cropped image. To me the yellow flower is the star of the shot. The cropped for me makes that happen. BTW love the backlighting
Jun 26, 2017 10:23:53 #
randomeyes wrote:
cropped version
I like the cropped version better. The verticals and colors are beautiful. The only aspect that bothers me, and I'm not sure if I'm right, is I think that the front bud seems sharper than the yellow flower. And, if the the yellow flower is the subject of the image, then it should be what's sharpest. I may be wrong with my ancient eyes, and perhaps someone else may correct me.
Jun 27, 2017 19:54:28 #
Your cropped version is a much better image. The separation between subject and background is just muted enough to be atttractive and helps make the bloom pop.
Walt
Walt
Jun 28, 2017 08:46:41 #
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