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    Poppy form my backyard. Does the green in the corner add or detract?

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    Aidan,
    I like your composition; placement of the petal edge & dewdrop is good, and I like the DOF. I don't find the green at LL distracting; it's a very muted color and I think it's somwhat balanced by the darker tone at UR. You might try just a tad more sharpening on the dewdrop - it seems to be right at the edge of the DOF - but go gently; a halo would look bad.

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    Very artistic image. Beautiful one, well seen & captured.
    Liked the shallow DOF here accentuating the petal edge & the drop is a bonus.

    Quote Originally Posted by Aidan Briggs View Post
    ... Does the green in the corner add or detract?...
    IMHO, yes - I find the green in the corner distracting. In fact when I opened the image (before even reading ur question), the first thing that came to my mind was - "wish the bright spot in the LLC was avoided".

    That apart, its an absolutely fantastic image.
    Last edited by Kaushik Balakumar; 11-24-2008 at 04:47 AM.

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    I'm a big fan of another color in the corner as long as it blends with all the others and this certainly does. If you were going to make a huge print of this I'd say crop it but here it works quite nicely. I agree that a bit more sharpening on the one drop would enhance this even more but you did a beautiful job as is. It's very serene and it flows across the image just perfectly.

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    Thanks all, for the kind comments. I will post another version soon without the green visible.

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    Aiden,

    I actually like the green in the corner as I feel it adds a bit of perspective to the image. I also feel that the dewdrop needs to be sharper. Otherwise a very nice image. I like it a lot.

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    Hey Aidan, I like soft abstracty images like this. I would lose the green in the corner and crop a little on the left. Very nice.

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    Aidan, I like it as presented.The colors are very nice. I like the softness of the image-it's creative

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    Hi Aidan. Great image. Can't go wrong with our state flower. I agree with other's comments about losing the green, a bit of cropping from the left, and sharpening the dew drop just a tad.

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