Pretty in pink

[Genie]

June 12, 2009 at 8:02 am

My 3 year old had the chicken pox last weekend so I couldn’t get out of the house so I shot some flowers instead. :D
C&C, as always, welcome.

Thanks,

Janine.

[5faythe]

June 12, 2009 at 10:02 am

Hi Janine,

I like this a lot.
Nice and crisp with lovely colour.

I might have cropped a little tighter or a little wider on
the LHS.

The image is also a little small on screen.

Well done.

John.

[Genie]

June 12, 2009 at 10:18 am

Do you mean the bottom left hand side John? I put up the larger image and too me it just looked huge so I went for the medium.

Thanks for commenting John,

Janine

[5faythe]

June 12, 2009 at 10:58 am

Genie wrote:

Do you mean the bottom left hand side John? I put up the larger image and too me it just looked huge so I went for the medium.

Thanks for commenting John,

Janine

Hi Janine,

You are right I didn’t explain myself very well and also it is
not a criticism just a thought.

I just noted that there is a little bit of background showing through
the petals on the LHS of the frame.
I wondered if it might be better if you shot a little wider and showed all of the
petals or cropped a little tighter and showed none of the background.

Of course neither of these ideas might make it better at all and as I said I think
it’s very good as it is.

Cheers,

John.

[nfl-fan]

June 12, 2009 at 12:58 pm

The flower is good Janine.. but there’s something very unflattering, possibly harsh or too contrasty, about the bluey/black background, especially in the bottom left corner.

There also seems to be a bluey cast in places on the green stem in the bottom right corner.

In summary the flower is fine.. but the backdrop seems to be a strange one.

[Genie]

June 12, 2009 at 3:45 pm

Your right John, what it actually was is a black piece of paper from a childs colouring book! I was improvising :D I thought myself that the end of the petals had a bit of a tinge to them and I wasn’t sure what it was. It must be the black paper, I shot it in a window with no direct light.

Thanks to both John’s for the comments, much appreciated.

Janine

[White Russian]

June 12, 2009 at 4:52 pm

Very nice to my eye image, crisp and soft colors.
Only thing is distracting me is background – has to be either black or blue (I might prefer blue :) ), but not 2 colors at once.

Natalja

[Genie]

June 12, 2009 at 5:45 pm

Thanks Natalja for the comments. Yeah I think its the kids colouring book that I used as a background that is throwing the picture out. Its all the one colour, but maybe the bottom bit was getting a bit more natural light than the rest.

Thanks again fo the ocmments,

Janine