Heliopsis

[Anita Bower]

I enjoy these sunny native flowers in my garden. I photographed this one outdoors, natural light, handheld 50mm lens at f1.8.
Basic adjustments, including textures by Kim Klassen and clive sax , Viveza, CEP "Cross Balance", Omni lighting, and for the first time, "recompose" in Elements 10.
Critique and comments appreciated.

[John Storjohann]

Anita, I love the texturing and color on this one; if it were mine I'd be blur the green leaf on the RHS, at the edge of the frame...I find my eye being constantly drawn there, and I find it competing with the bloom for my attention. Liking your work with textures!

[Anita Bower]

Anita, I love the texturing and color on this one; if it were mine I'd be blur the green leaf on the RHS, at the edge of the frame...I find my eye being constantly drawn there, and I find it competing with the bloom for my attention. Liking your work with textures!

I see your point about the leaf. I liked it and the way it pointed to the flower. I await the opinion of others. Many thanks!!!

[Cheryl Slechta]

Anita, I like it either way so I won't be the tie-breaker Beautifully composed and the textures are perfect for the image.

[Judy Howle]

Lovely composition Anita, and I really like the textures. I agree with John about a little blurring of the sharp parts of the leaf, but it's certainly fine just as it is.

[Indranil Sircar]

Anita, this is another of your wonderful composition with textures. I really like your approach to capturing the beauty of the flowers. Beautiful colors and processing. Like Cheryl, i too would like it either way with the leaf on the right.

[denise ippolito]

Hi Anita, The only thing that bugs me about the leaf is the way it is cut by the edge of the frame. Beautiful colors and textures.