White Hyacinths

[denise ippolito]

Canon 5D
100 mm Macro
1/25 sec. at f/8
ISO 100
Tripod w/ mirror lock-up and remote
Greenhouse natural diffused light
cropped

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Lady Denise,
I like the base composition...I like the soft diffused feel...I would only suggest on bring up the contrast just a tad and boost the saturation level by 10 percent...good show...:cool:

[Richard Lovison]

I like the soft inviting feel the image has. I understand Gus' suggestion to increase the contrast and saturation though I kind of like the way it is presented.

The only suggestion I would offer is an alternative crop featuring the left part of the image. Something like this:

[denise ippolito]

Thanks guys- Richard I like your crop suggestion!

[Kaushik Balakumar]

Liked the nice, soft feel to this image. Another vote for Richard's crop !

[Julie Kenward]

I also like the original and the recrop...I think if you went with Richard's I'd take just a smidge more off the left side so only the floral areas showed.

I also agree with Gus - a bit more contrast probably wouldn't hurt.

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Like the original crop Denise and the underexposure,
Has a nice soft feel to it.

[Kaushik Balakumar]

Tried my hand on cropping. A similar one to that of Richard's. The difference is that I cropped a bit more from the left (to reduce the darker regions) & retained more towards the right (because this section has a nice diffused glow).

[denise ippolito]

Kaushik, I didn't even notice that area until you cropped it! Thankyou.
Jackie and Jules -I think I'll keep the orig. and Kaushik's re-post but on the orig. I'll take that dark area from left out. Thanks

[Grady Weed]

I like your crop Denise and Gus's suggestions. It would put it over the top. As is, it is too dark and muted colors. It needs some pop.

[denise ippolito]

Thanks Grady, I'll give it a try.