Fern leaves Rhythm

[Bob Miller]

The rhythm of these fern leaves caught my eye while in the backyard garden. I processed the image with fractilius....used Viveza to darken the bg and finished with using Color Efex low key to tone down the bright yellow highlights. I know it is not a wow image but I like it and would appreciate any comments or suggestions.

[Jay Sheinfield]

Bob, I like what you did here. Nice curves, and well framed. The processing fits so well. I could see a sliver off the top to emphasize the verticals, but it's also just fine as is.

[Brendan Dozier]

Very nice, Bob, like the flow and peaceful simplicity of composition. Nice light, color, and soft filtering works well against black BG.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Bob, I like the amount of fractalius that you applied and the nice curves with the black bg. Nice work:S3:

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Bob, I like the fractalius treatment for this one and the flow of the fern frond is nice too. If it were mine I would darken up the lighter areas in the back ground so that thye are as black as the rest of the BG. Nice work!

[John Storjohann]

Bob, a nice base image and a nice application of Fractalius...+1 on taking a sliver from the top...and maybe a smidge off of the RHS as well (a smidge is a little less than a sliver :bg3:). Nicely done!

[denise ippolito]

Bob, this fern leaf has a beautiful flow and you captured and processed it so well. Ditto a teeny bit off the top. The black BG is wonderful!

[Bob Miller]

Thanks everyone for the feedback....now for the cropping tool!

[Anita Bower]

I think it is a lovely image. Love the yellow/green against the black--strong and effective. The curve of the fern is graceful. Your processing brought out the softness of the fern. I would take a bit off the top, also. I would not take any off the right, but might clone that little dark area in LRC. Well done!

[Cynthia Thayer]

I really like this. The black background really forces my eye to look at the leaves/plant. I like the different directions of all the lines too.