Greetings. The sharpness of the leaf doesn't bother me... I think it balances the in focus petal. I think the image could use some white balance work. The petals seem to have a slight green cast. There looks to be a light magenta in the petals that if brought out to be more prominent, would add some nice color contrast to the greens.
Cheryl, I agree with Michael's assessment of the WB. I also think it feels a bit tight at the top of the frame. I like the balance between the stem length and the flower but the 'ceiling' feels closed in to me.
I don't mind that the front green petal is so sharp but I would have liked you to maybe bump that aperture to f4 or 5.6 to get the white leaf on the right side more in focus. For some reason, my eye is going past the sharp leaves and back to the right side leaf that is unsharp.
Lovely deep "forest" greens here. If you can get the WB issue solved on the whites and still keep these dark deep greens I think that would be the best of both worlds.
I am not sure how to fix the WB, so please let me know if I am on the right track.
I lowered the yellows in the greens. And by just brightening the whites, the magenta (which happens when a trillium blossom ages) came out more.
Is this what you mean???? Did I make enough of a change.
I do have more canvas for the top in the original, but here just coned extra to the top.
I like the repost Cheryl. The extra room at the top really makes a difference. The sharp petal and leaf are the key elements of course, but I think they need to be a bit stronger to carry the image, with so much of the flower OOF. I must admit not to noticing much of a colour cast until Michael mentioned it. I checked out the whites and they were running on the green side on channel A (the Magenta-Green channel) in LAB colour. However this could be perfectly natural in that you might expect whites to pick up the green from the foliage and reflect that tone back.
I like your idea. My eye is wondering over the sharp and bright parts of the image. I wish the main left white leaf where sharp at least at the front edge........................ An alternative to the good advise already given, might be to get in a little closer , and focus in on the element (s) that originally interested you........................here is something to think about, its rough and would need more canvass, but you should get the idea...............the greens are off..
I clone out the extended part of the rear white leaf, and rotated the image ccw to better present the edge of the flower.
Last edited by Jay Sheinfield; 10-16-2010 at 03:48 AM.
edge of a trillium
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