Wild Onion

[Anita Bower]

I liked the look of these Wild Onions growing in my grass. (Our definition of grass: it is green and it can be mowed.)

Nikon D300, Sigma 105mm macro, f 4.8, 1/400sec., ISO 400, tripod, natural light.
PP: PS7: levels, color balance, slight crop, Topaz DeNoise.

[Norm Dulak]

It's certainly different. Thanks for sharing. :S3:

[Brendan Dozier]

Really like the curves, soft light, & subtle variation of greens, Anita. Nicely balanced composition & shallow dof works well. Well done! :S3:

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Anita,
Amazingly enough......I like this! I think you got the focus point in a perfect spot........and the way the onion fades into the BG is sweet! I debated toning down the LR brighter area.......but I feel a crop of about 3/4 inch off the bottom......eliminating it........would also strengthen the comp. Try a browser crop to see what I mean. Overall for my tastes.....a great example of soft focus with excellent flow.

[Anita Bower]

Hey Anita,
Amazingly enough......I like this! I think you got the focus point in a perfect spot........and the way the onion fades into the BG is sweet! I debated toning down the LR brighter area.......but I feel a crop of about 3/4 inch off the bottom......eliminating it........would also strengthen the comp. Try a browser crop to see what I mean. Overall for my tastes.....a great example of soft focus with excellent flow.

Thank you all!

I think I will try darkening that LRC. Good idea.

[OvidiuCavasdan]

Really like this one! Agree about the LR. I think Roman's crop suggestion will work perfect, also moving the in focus area lower.

[Anita Bower]

Really like this one! Agree about the LR. I think Roman's crop suggestion will work perfect, also moving the in focus area lower.

Appreciate your suggestions. If I crop the bottom or move the focus area lower, the focused area becomes more centered than I want.

[Mitch Haimov]

I like this one a lot, Anita. That said, both the LR and the top center are too bright for me. I would also prefer if the subject didn't exit the LR of the frame right through the corner, although I know some find exactly that desirable. The LL corner doesn't bother me because it is so soft; I suspect I'll find the LR corner exit less distracting once you have darkened it. I agree with not cropping for the reason you stated. Keep the creative images coming!

[Anita Bower]

I appreciate the feedback. This was a playing-around photo. I've reposted with less brightness in focused area and LRC, blurred center bg, and crop from right.

[Mitch Haimov]

The crop works! Definitely better than from the bottom.

[Anita Bower]

The crop works! Definitely better than from the bottom.

Thank you!

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Anita. Nicely seen and executed! I like the spiral and the shallow DOF works well here. The tweaks in your repost have taken it up a couple notches. Well done.

[Ken Childs]

Hi Anita,

This is lovely and the comp in the repost looks perfect! I'm going to have to take a closer look at the billions of wild onion and garlic plants I have here.

I'm a bit late getting to this......things have been crazy busy and now the storms are causing problems so I apologize to the group for not being very active lately. Unfortunately this situation doesn't seem like it's going to be any better in the short term. :-(

[Anita Bower]

Hi Anita,

This is lovely and the comp in the repost looks perfect! I'm going to have to take a closer look at the billions of wild onion and garlic plants I have here.

I'm a bit late getting to this......things have been crazy busy and now the storms are causing problems so I apologize to the group for not being very active lately. Unfortunately this situation doesn't seem like it's going to be any better in the short term. :-(

Thanks for comment. Just lie flat on the ground and look at those wild onions! Of course, you must take care of things around your place. That is a priority. Hope you aren't getting too much damage.

[Ken Childs]

Thanks for comment. Just lie flat on the ground and look at those wild onions! Of course, you must take care of things around your place. That is a priority. Hope you aren't getting too much damage.
No serious property damage but we had a large oak go down, kill a horse and it's now blocking access to my hay shed.

[Norm Dulak]

No serious property damage but we had a large oak go down, kill a horse and it's now blocking access to my hay shed.

Wow Ken, that's pretty grim. Hope the nasty weather gets out of your area soon! Meanwhile, stay safe!

[Anita Bower]

No serious property damage but we had a large oak go down, kill a horse and it's now blocking access to my hay shed.

Oh no! How sad to lose one of the horses!