Oxeye Daisy

[Gail Spitler]

Hi All
It has been a while since I posted. Hot weather and time in the nesting routine has sent birds to cover, and I've been doing some studying/reading and applying what I'm learning. This is an Oxeye Daisy, an invasive species in BC I'm afraid. The image turned out rather vivid. What do you think?
Comments and suggestions much appreciated.

Canon 40D with Sigma 150mm at f/10 1/30sec eval metering, 0 compensation, ISO 500

Thanks for looking
Gail

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Gail,
I like your image. Lets go bold and fly high...:eek: Why don't you crop 1/4 from the bottom and just a tad more than 1/4 from the top and convert this into a pano...:D This will stand out with the rich vibrant colors of your diagonals in the background; which by the way works very well...:cool: Your whites are a wee bit on the hot side, but its not too bad...:cool:

[Gail Spitler]

Thanks Gus, what a great idea. I composed this image to be a "flat" view, but didn't take the step to pano. I probably could take a bit more off the bottom?
Thanks
Gail

[Gus Cobos]

You are right on the money Gail...:D Just perfect...:cool:

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Gail,

Love the pano & vivid colours. Well done young Lady . . . . best . . . Uncle Gus

[Gail Spitler]

Ah... not young lady, thanks (smile)
Gail

[Sid Overbey]

Lovely image Gail. I especially like the colorful BG, it adds a nice feel to the daisy.

[Richard Waas]

Love the pano idea. Great background!! Congrats.....

[Katie Rupp]

Wow! the pano works!!! BG is beautiful.

[Gail Spitler]

Thanks for the comments. Now if I can figure how that bg came about, maybe I'll be able to do it again.
Gail

[Julie Kenward]

Love the pano idea but to polish this up even further, I'd clone out the three little white spots just below the daisy head and I would give that one diagonal stem a bit more darkness and blur to keep it from stealing the show. It's totally pulling my eye away from the white petals and into the BG.

[Nonda Surratt]

Gail,

the pano works! Agree with Jules on the other

[Gail Spitler]

Thanks again for the suggestions. Now that Jules has pointed out the diagonal center stem, I can't see anything else. I'll work on that next. The little dots below the flower are actually seeds hanging there. I agree if you can't tell what they are, they are nothing but a distraction.
All your comments are much appreciated and most helpful.

Gail