Green Button Mum

[denise ippolito]

Canon 5D
Lensbaby Composer
1/ 13 sec. at f5.6
ISO 400
4+ and 10+ macro lens stacked
incandescent light
exp comp -2/3
set on newspaper for backdrop
slight crop

[denise ippolito]

Or is this a better crop?

[Ed Vatza]

Hi Denise,

Looks like you are having fun with that Lensbaby. I think both images are nice but I prefer the tighter crop in #2. I think the main reason is that I prefer the background just on one side of the flower as opposed to surrounding it. Otherwise, good detail on the base of the stem. Maybe it could be a hair sharper but I am not familiar with how the Lensbaby works. I just know I like the images that it produces.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Lady Denise,
I like the composition, I feel that you can go even tighter in frame...I cropped it tighter for you, increased saturation by 4 percent and boosted contrast just a tad. also selective sharpened the focal point sector a tad more. see if you like...:cool:

[Anita Bower]

I like the tighter crop and extra sharpening.
When one sharpens selectively, how is it done?

Thanks,
Anita Bower

[denise ippolito]

Gus, It looks good- I like the sharpness!

[Mike Moats]

Hey Denise, nice lensbaby image. I like the selective sharpening and contrast that Gus added but prefer Denise's #2 crop better. Keep em coming, I like seeing lensbaby images. I have the new composer also but just haven't had time to shoot with it lately. Anyone looking to buy one of these Lensbabies, shoot me an email and I can send you a code that will give you 10% off on the Lensbaby website. mgmoats@yahoo.com

[Julie Kenward]

I like Gus's contrast and sharpening but really like the first post. I like the roominess is affords and especially like that that one petal is doing a big kickback on the right side.

[Aristotle Georgiou]

I like what Gus has done, but I do prefer the crop on the second post. Maybe not even cropping the top would also look good.