Rose with Glow

[Bob Miller]

I took this in my backyard garden and applied a color efex glow. I like the glow but i am not sure about the composition. Comments please!
Nikon D3s
1/320 sec at f 6.7
ISO 800
105 Macro lense/ tripod

[Nancy Bell]

This is so soft and dreamy looking. The placement of the glow is perfect, highlighting the stems and flowers emerging dramatically from the darker bkgd. I like the placement of the rose & bud left to right, but I would probably take a bit off the top and add a bit more to the bottom as that is where the eye is drawn. Love the single water droplet in the rose, almost like a tear drop. It adds a bittersweet emotion.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Bob, the image is beautiful. I love the dark background, the glow and the dew drop. I could see cropping from the top and eliminating the bud and then cropping from the right hand side so that you have just a close-up of the main rose as an alternative. But, I like it the way it's presented with a little off of the top as Nancy mentions.

[Maureen Allen]

Lovely image, Bob. Agree about a crop from the top.

[denise ippolito]

Bob, The dramatic lighting and soft glow are lovely. I would crop a little from the top too if it were mine but I would keep the entire leaf at the top.

[Paul Lagasi]

A nice image and I like the effect...I also might have cropped it differently...well done

[Indranil Sircar]

Bob, I too like the dreamy effect. Beautiful lighting and agree with the crop suggestion.

[Anita Bower]

Beautiful, subdued image. I like it very much. Simple. I'd crop a bit from top and right. Nicely done.