Rose

[Brendan Dozier]

Indoors, available window light, crop, CS5, cloned out a few spots.

7D, EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM, Tripod
1 sec.
18.0
ISO 400

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Brendan,
I see you are paying attention! Very nicely done with the light and comp!!! You placed the center of the rose in a great spot. Only recommendation is to tone down the LR brightest area a touch.....but all in all an excellent job!

[Daniel Cadieux]

Lovely image, and love where you've placed the centre swirl of the rose. Well done!

[bhavya joshi]

Nice comp.. Brenden, Like the Light effects and sharpness, soft colors. I like too you place the rose in center position, good one.

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Brendan. Excellent comp with the rose's center in a perfect spot. Beautiful lighting and colors. I would agree with Roman about toning down the bright area in the LR just a bit. Very well done.

[Anita Bower]

Curves, curls color, light--all outstanding in this image. Smooth and luscious, like a sherbert. My eye happily moves around the image taking in the wonderful curves and details. Perfectly placed sharp areas. A gorgeous image.

[Brendan Dozier]

Thanks very much for your comments everyone, much appreciated.
Anita, it did kind of remind me of sherbert.:S3: Here's the repost toning down the highlights of the LR.

[Mitch Haimov]

Very well done, Brendan. I agree with the above comments. Would also make a very nice shallow DOF image with the center of the spiral sharp--did you happen to also make exposures of the same composition with the aperture in the f/2.8-f/4 range?

[Brendan Dozier]

Thanks, Mitch, good suggestion, as I do like the softer images I see posted here. Was not that organized unfortunately during the shoot, so don't have more shallow DOF frames of this one. Will definitely explore that for future shots.

[OvidiuCavasdan]

I like the composition, very nice colors and details on the petals. Very well done!

[Catherine Costolo]

Brendan, you really captured the essence of this flower......light, color, curves......all working together beautifully!

[Brendan Dozier]

Thanks Catherine!