Yellow Flower

[Anita Bower]

Taken at Longwood Gardens last week. 105 mm macro with tripod.
Processing: Crop, Levels, DeNoise, Topaz Detail, Topaz Adjust >HDR, Photo Filter red, contrast, Shadows/Highlights. Two textures: Believe (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jewellofdistressed/6857369421/in/photostream) by Distressed Jewel, and Watercolor Green emm (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyes_eye/5557978638/in/pool-604871@N20/) by pareeerica.

[Diane Miller]

Lovely soft light, great composition and I love where the very narrow plane of focus fell. Unexpected!

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Great colours and the shallow DOF works really well. I thought the yellows in the flower had a bit too much green (maybe from the texture), but I boosted the saturation in the yellows and changed the hue a bit Anita to really bring the yellow out. I hope you don't mind me working on your image.

[Dennis Bishop]

Beautifully done, Anita. The composition is superb -- not only in terms of the flower but the background, also. That narrow plane of focus works very well.

I think Jackie's suggestion about making things yellower has some merit, but I wouldn't touch the saturation. The amount you have fits nicely with the image being so diffused.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Hi, Anita, I like the composition and your use of textures. I think the little bit of added yellow looks good. Hope to see more from Longwood:S3:

[Anita Bower]

Thank you for the comments. I do think I like the yellow version created by Jackie. And, no, I don't mind anyone on this list working to improve my images.