Dogwood Texture #2

[Julie Kenward]

This one I left in color instead of converting to B&W. I used a textured BG with a built-in vignette to add a little more interest to the image.

Thanks to Indranil for the link to resizing images. It had been awhile since I had posted last and had forgotten some of the tricks.

[Brendan Dozier]

I like this, Jules - nice clean, simple, quiet composition. Like the branch pattern, softness of light and image, and the olive green BG, texture, and vignette work well. Wanting to see just a tiny more detail in flower petals on left, but that is very minor. Well done!

[Christopher Miller]

Very nice, Jules! I love the textures, square crop, and the simple, elegant flow of the branches. Good choice to leave the color, though I'm sure it would look great in B&W too. I might tone down the flowers a tad. Well done!

[Judy Howle]

I like the composition and the texture is very nice and works well with the image.

[Indranil Sircar]

This is beautiful, Julie. Love the bg and texture. The square frame works nicely with the elegant flow of the branches. Nicely done.

[Kerry Perkins]

Jules, this is really pretty and I think it should have a haiku. Lovely texture and color. One little thing that catches my eye is the two "scratches" in the texture layer near the left edge next to the leftmost bud. How about a haiku?

[Julie Kenward]

Kerry, how about:

Petals twist and turn
Break up the cloak of green
Spring breaks free at last!

:2

[Kerry Perkins]

Nice Jules! If you change "break" to "breaking" you will have the seven syllables for the second stanza. Works nicely though, and you got the season reference in there too!