Day Lily

[Jay Sheinfield]

Nikon D3s

850mm
ISO 800
1/640 sec@ f/11

Comments welcome.............

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Jay,
850mm? I really like the BG and contrast of the day lily colors! I think a slightly better angle, w/ a bit more stem and perhaps some of the top petal. Turning the flower some or reposition ever so slightly, can have a big impact. The center looks a bit bright.....but not overly so. That turn may have also allowed a bit of seperation in the stamen from the leaf.....just a few things to keep in mind in the field!

[Jay Sheinfield]

Roman,

Thanks for the feedback....I agree about stamen/leaf touch. I sometimes use the "bird" lens to help isolate flora.

Jay

[Bob Miller]

Hi jay....Another really great image! Love the green bg with the red flowers. Nice composition!

[Jay Sheinfield]

Hi Bob,

Thanks. It's good to talk to another Marylander, I grew up in Baltimore.

Jay

[Julie Kenward]

Jay, I think your colors and BG are lovely. I do agree that the composition feels a bit off though. I also want to see a different angle and a bit more of the right side included. I GENERALLY go with either cutting all the petals off or none of the petals off when I compose because I find these half in/half out petals tend to leave the image feeling "unbalanced". Again - this is just a general rule. My suggestion would be to compose with all the petals and a bit of the flower base/stem in the image and then crop to your liking.

[Jay Sheinfield]

Julie, thanks for the feedback. It all helps!

Jay

[Anita Bower]

Unusual crop that works for me. Lovely colors and BG. Nice light.