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    Hi Everyone,
    This is my first post in Macro and Flora and I'm not sure whether I should have posted here or in OOTB, so feel free to move it if need be!! This is a little different from my usual fare so I'm not sure how to assess it - I need your help here...:D
    The colours over here have been really spectacular this autumn - never better - sort of makes up for our truly terrible summer..sort of...
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    Darkened the BG in PS and saturated the colours somewhat.Thanks so much!
    Best regards to all,
    Nicki

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    Ah, "The Adventure of the Copper Beeches" - one of my favorite Sherlock Homes adventures! :D Actually, I am a Master Copper Beechsmith in the Sons of the Copper Beeches scion society! :D And in honor of that I planted a Copper Beech in my front yard. They are beautiful trees. Mine still has leaves!

    I think this is an interesting concept, Nicki. And I think it looks good against the black background but I think the UR corner gets lost a bit. However, there are a couple of things that trouble me a just bit. First I personally find the empty part of the twig reaching toward the LL distracting because I keep feeling something (leaves) should be there. My eye keeps moving down there in search of leaves. And while I really like the light on the leaves, there is something about the top two that doesn't look quite right to me. They seem a little too dark.

    One thing you could try is to rotate the image CW (to place it on more of a diagonal) and crop into a horizontal. I'm not sure how that would work but it could be interesting.

    Still an interesting first post. I look forward to others. (And I promise I won't bore you with more Sherlock Holmes stories :D).

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    Comp wise, I would turn this image 180 deg, then the empty part of the stem wont look lost. As you look at it now, I would also get rid of the spare twig hanging in the top RH Cnr. The darkened BG works well, and the colours look great. Well captured Nicki.

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    Apart from the rotation suggestions given above, you might want to try alternate compositions with just one leaf in the frame. May turn out interesting...

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    I am thinking along the same lines as Kaushik. I love the lower leaf on the right side but the other leaves and twigs I find a bit distracting. Maybe a different crop?

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    Hi Guys,
    Thanks so much for your comments and suggestions. I have had a bit of a play with the composition and haven't come up with an alternative that I like as yet, but I'll keep fiddling and see what I come up with!
    Ed, as you are such a Sherlock Holmes fan I might just have to make you an honorary Brit...:D:D:eek:
    Regards,
    Nicki

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    Hey Nicki, welcome to the macro section and nice first post, the light really makes the image pop and would agree it might be better rotated 180.

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