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Hi Joel. Good to see you here in Macro and congrats on the new lens! I like the lighting effect you produced with the two flashes and the water droplets add interest, though I agree with Dennis that the intense blue of the background is drawing my eye away from the flower. For my tastes, I prefer the more subtle blue that Dennis created in his repost. Since you were using an artificial background you should be able to experiment with a variety of colors in future efforts.
I hope to see more of your macro work!
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Thanks for the critiques....I am totally new to macro so I appreciate the help and i like the repost.
I did shoot this with a black BG as well but for some reason I really liked the bright blue in contrast with orange/brown parts of the flower...but then again I usually like stuff that's weird, anyway thanks again and i will continue up the learning curve
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I really like Dennis' repost. The colors seem to blend much better to my eyes.
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I like the comp and the lighting, I prefer the desaturated BG.
Jack
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Joel, I can definitely see where the intense blue in the OP would work for a poster but for a print I'd also have to go with Dennis' version. That said, comp-wise, I would have liked to have seen a bit more of the flower base. I realize the stamen are the "star" here but it feels cut off in proportion. A bit more of the base of the flower in the image might have balanced it a bit more for me. Nice DOF though and good use of flash!
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Hi Joel, I really like the bold blue of the OP but I also like Dennis' revised version. If this were mine, I can see 2 ways I might take this. With the dark blue, I would crop in tighter starting from the bottom of the frame.... maybe as a square.....so the flower tails off out of frame just before the lower left corner. With the lighter BG, I agree with Jules that more flower is needed. Keep those macro photos coming!
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