Day Lily drops

[Stu Bowie]

Taken in my garden.

Canon 50D
24-105 IS USM FL @88mm
1/1600
F/8
ISO 400

[Julie Kenward]

I love the flower, Stuart - good color and nice details. The BG leaves me wishing for either all green or all black or more detail in the black. Personally, I'd go all black. I think the colors in the image can carry that off.

[Stu Bowie]

Thank you for your feedback Julie. I was in two minds to darken the BG, but after reading your comment, here is what I should have done.

[david cramer]

You must have a lovely garden! Beautiful colors and detail. The all black BG is nice, but it does remove it from a natural setting.

[Julie Kenward]

Stuart, while the all black BG does remove it from a natural setting, I think it's the best case scenario in this instance. The small amount of BG that you did get just isn't enough to carry this image IMO, but this saves the image from the trashcan - and it should be saved. It's a beautiful daylily and you did it justice. Nice work!

[Ed Vatza]

Stuart, the original image was good but I think the re-post with the solid black background is a knock-out. Beautiful job and the drops are an excellent touch. Very well done!

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Stuart,
I love the repost - nice work!
Regards,
Nicki

[Kaushik Balakumar]

Like the re-post except for the missing stem.
:)

[Stu Bowie]

Thanks so much guys and girls.

[Dave Mills]

I agree about the missing stem. The flower is now floating....

[Mike Moats]

Hey Stu, very nice look and the repost works better with all black BG. Well done.

[Stu Bowie]

DMills, and Mike, thanks for your comments guys.