
Originally Posted by
Julie Kenward
First, I love the comp. I love how big and wide the petals feel within the frame of the image. I know cyclamen have that weird "upside down" thing going on with the stem but if you had been able to get maybe one more step to the right so we could see that stem go into the center a little bit more I think that would be the only way to improve upon this lovely comp.
I love the white on white. (No surprise there!) I do think the two largest petals on both the left and right sides of the frame have areas that are a bit lacking in detail - this could be intentional because of the high key look but I'd really look at them closer and see if you couldn't bring them JUST this side of where they are so the tiniest detail was present in all areas of the leaves. It might take a curves adjustment or it could be you'll have to darken it all abit and then erase 99% of the area to manage it. (I'm also thinking Arthur Morris did a tutorial or discussion on using linear burn mode to bring down a hot white so you might go looking for that on BPN.) In any case, it's a lovely image. I think with a few very slight, very minor tweaks you could take it totally over the top.