Last Summer - Ross McLeod

[Wendy Rosier]

Comment by Ross McLeod on Monday Delete Comment

here is a macro shot from last summer  I liked the design of this flower / weed?

[Wendy Rosier]

A Macro of a flower/weed from last summer

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Comment by Wendy Rosier on Tuesday Delete Comment

Because of its angles and compactness this is one that I might have tried in a square format.  I don`t usually like squares but this might show off the blossom more if it were.  Did you try that

Nature is the best designer/composer of all. According to Wikipedia it is a 

Daucus carota, whose common names include wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe and southwest Asia, and naturalized to North America and Australia.

[Wendy Rosier]

Comment by Simon Henson on Wednesday Delete Comment

This is a bit of a design anomaly Wendy. If you use a square format, spacing the edge of the seed head equally on all four sides to the frame, which would be the usual composition, the yellow shape in the background behind the lowest flower, is where the eye goes first, taking the focus point away from the centre. I see some of the lower background needing to be in the composition to balance out the image.

[Wendy Rosier]

Comment by Wendy Rosier on Wednesday Delete Comment

If a square worked every other way, I might try desaturating Yellow to see if that one background yellow flower became less distracting.... Just thoughts though.

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Comment by Doug McMillin on Wednesday Delete Comment

I don't mind the original, but note, a square crop can be made to meet Simon's call for extra space at the bottom...

 

[Wendy Rosier]

Comment by Wendy Rosier on Wednesday Delete Comment

Examples of how it might work - apologies to your work Ross

Image one - left - yellow luminance  to -100 & highlights to +100

Image two - right is the straight crop rotated just  bit                                          

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Comment by Ross McLeod on Wednesday Delete Comment

Thanks for the comments and thoughts on this photo. Good learning points for me.

[Wendy Rosier]

Comment by Colton Prevost on Wednesday Delete Comment

Agreed on the yellow distraction and square crop

[Doug McMillin]

Something is not translating above...

I remember talking about possible crops: