agave regina victoriae

[Valerio Tarone]

Shot into a greenhouse-botanic garden.
Zoom sigma 17-25 f2,8 1/125 ev.metering ISO200 tripod some,minimal work in pp.
I try to render the circular form with a grandolar.
comments wellcome.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Yes this works for me! I like the colours and textures, I would possibly consider going in just a little bit to eliminate the outermost two rows - what do you think. I reckon this would accentuate the circular pattern

[Valerio Tarone]

Thank you Jonathan, there's a diversity in light shadows R/L, I wonder whether it doesn't work or not. A shot of flash could have been better, or not?

[Jonathan Ashton]

For me it is fine as it is I would not use flash - as you say there is diversity

[Valerio Tarone]

Thank you.

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Valerio. I agree with Jon about not using flash - I think the soft shadows add interest to the image. I also agree that you might consider cropping a bit from each side. You have good sharpness within your DOF and I like that the center of the plant is tilted slightly to the left. This is nicely done!

[Valerio Tarone]

Hi Steve, thank you. Yes I agree to crop a bit on the sides.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Valerio, great shot! I love the perspective and the repeating patterns. Nicely done

[christopher galeski]

nice image,agree on cropping each side.

[Valerio Tarone]

Thank you Cheryl and Chris.