Tulip Abstract

[Aidan Briggs]

Leaves of a Tulip growing in my backyard. At first, I didn't really care for this image, but now it has grown on me. I would love to hear your opinions.

50D, 60mm macro
1/125 sec, f/2.8, ISO 640
Tripod, natural light

[Bob Miller]

Hi Aidan...See what you mean about it growing on you...I had the same reaction. The swirls of green are lovely. I do wish that were some part of the image that was in sharp focus bu as it is I still likeit!

[OvidiuCavasdan]

Very nice shapes, color tones and lightning. I like it a lot!

[Anita Bower]

I agree with Bob's comments. The curves and composition are just great.

[Stuart Frohm]

I agree with Anita and Bob.
Also, thanks very much for inspiring me to take a closer look at tulip leaves. So far this spring I have photographed a zillion tulip blooms while ignoring the possibility of photos of tulip foliage.
I did try photographing hostas after some nice photographs of hostas were posted in this thread, but I didn't make the leap to tulip foliage.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Aidan,
I too like the curves and for me the white lip sharp is enough. I would explore a crop.....from the middle of the copyright symbol up vertically......the ULC see ms a bit out of place and it just seems to pull the comp off the right for my tastes. Just a thought for you to try out.

[Julie Kenward]

Way to go Aidan! Now that's looking outside the normal for the great stuff hidden in the greenery! For me, the bottom horizontal line is bugging me. If I scroll that part out of the image I love what's left - just the vertical lines going into the haze... Lovely soft greens here. I also think that white edge is sharp enough to hold my eye in the image. ;)

[caseyargall]

Interesting photo, i read in my photo mag i get that i should use lines and this photo gives a great example why. Very nice.