Abstract Challenge: Day Lily Colors

[Christopher Miller]

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m244/CAMiller290/BPN/P7050102ResizeWeb.jpg

Took me a while to come up with a decent abstract for the contest. This afternoon, I thought of trying day lilies and lo and behold this shot was just waiting for me :) Any C&C are welcome!

Olympus SP-550 UZ
f3.5 @ 1/200, ISO 100, -0.3 EV
Aperture priority mode, pattern metering, auto WB
Processed in PS CS2; cropped, curves adjustment, desaturated a little, and noise reduction on the BG

[Ákos Lumnitzer]

I really like the colors here Christopher. You did very well buddy. THanks for sharing.

[Anita Bower]

Beautiful colors and lines. The BG in lower right corner might be less distracting if it were more blurred. Nice job.

[Ed Vatza]

I agree with Anita on this one. The actual petal is lovely. The color, the lines, the flow, the texture are all spot on. I just wish the background worked a little bit better here.

[Julie Kenward]

Don't these make the best subject, Christopher? The way the petals let the light flow right through - they are amazing to photograph.

I agree with the others - the diagonal composition is nice and the details are good but the bottom corner does pull my eye away a bit.

[Christopher Miller]

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m244/CAMiller290/BPN/P7050102ResizeWeb2.jpg

Thanks for the comments. I tried blurring the LRC and using the clone stamp to even it out a bit. Does this look better?

[Anita Bower]

To my eye, it looks better. You might try evening out the colors a bit more. Nice work.

[Harold Davis]

i like the repost better. corner doesnt compete as much with the main attraction. the is simple and elegant and i like it!! well done.

[Richard Lovison]

I like the colors and composition... very peaceful image. I also prefer the repost to the original.

[Gordon Craig]

I prefer the repost as well. If the background in the upper left corner and lower right matched closely I think this would have been a killer shot.