Red leaves

[Desmond Chan]

D700 105f2.8 VR on tripod. Manual exposure mode, all natural light. ISO 400 f6.3 1/40s.

Cropped and rotated for composition purpose.

C&C welcome and appreciated !

Thank you !!!

[denise ippolito]

Desmond, I like the unusual comp. and at first I thought the leaves should be down further in the frame-BUT the more I look at it the more I like it as is. Nicely done.

[Julie Kenward]

I guess I'm the opposite of Denise - I liked the comp at first glance but then felt it could be stronger. I darkened the BG since it is almost black anyway. I then added canvas and stem at the top of the image because I felt that top blossom was a little too close to the top of the frame. I also cut off the end piece of the branch because it was OOF and almost hidden by the low light. This let me take off some from the bottom getting rid of the extra dead space. I also rotated the image slightly using "free transform" to move the leaves more diagonally throughout the space.

It's all personal taste here - I just felt this looked a little more balanced (and I'm all about the balance!)

[Dave Mills]

Hi Desmond. Nice image! I like the Julie's repost and feel it strengthens the image.I would go so far as taking out the branch emanating from the bottom leaf...

[Paul Lagasi]

Hi Desmond well done, nice composition....do like Julie's repost and crop,

[Desmond Chan]

Thanks for the comments and suggestions !

[Connie Mier]

I do like the darkened bg in Julie's repost, but I still think the original comp was quite good. I'm thinking that a greater dof would have been better to get the middle leaves more in focus.

[Ed Cordes]

I was just going to post that I wished the green stuff were not behind the second bloom when I say your re post. Much better!

[Desmond Chan]

Julie's is a totally different photograph. My leaving the background not entirely black is entirely intentional. I can see why so many of you just want a complete black background though.

Again, thanks for leaving your comments !

[Julie Kenward]

They both work, Desmond...as you said, they are two entirely different perceptions of the same image - it's all about your vision as the artist and where you wanted to take that vision.

[Desmond Chan]

They both work, Desmond...as you said, they are two entirely different perceptions of the same image - it's all about your vision as the artist and where you wanted to take that vision.

Agreed and thanks !

[Nagesh Mula]

Hi Desmond, nice composition and good capture like the repost by Julie very much though.

[Vida van der Walt]

Beautiful image Desmond. Both are stunning but I prefer the slight hint of colour in the bg in the first image.:)

[Harshad Barve]

lovely image as far as compo , I am for OP and for enhanching RP
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