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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: wmchauncey on May 26, 2014, 05:12:41 pm

Title: not liking this
Post by: wmchauncey on May 26, 2014, 05:12:41 pm

I broke my own rule about only shooting pretty subjects...but it looked nice at the florist's shop.
 I shot it using a black Plexiglas sheet mirroring the blue sky...is it worth a different perspective?

(http://i329.photobucket.com/albums/l383/chauncey43/yellow-flower-copy.jpg) (http://s329.photobucket.com/user/chauncey43/media/yellow-flower-copy.jpg.html)

Title: Re: not liking this
Post by: RSL on May 26, 2014, 05:48:39 pm

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Title: Re: not liking this
Post by: stamper on May 27, 2014, 04:55:35 am

Imo flowers are a subject that most photographers take pictures of but rarely admit to and rarely put them up for critique here or on Flickr or somewhere similar. They can make a nice subject but are hard to capture well because of depth of field issues and lack of detail. I don't think you have pulled it off mainly due to the cluttered background.

Title: Re: not liking this
Post by: David Anderson on May 27, 2014, 07:31:43 pm

Not so sure about flower shots, but I like the composition and the bland background.

Title: Re: not liking this
Post by: wmchauncey on May 29, 2014, 04:03:08 am

I've shot that thing numerous times, numerous ways, and it always looks terrible...finally it died!     ::)

Title: Re: not liking this
Post by: luxborealis on May 31, 2014, 01:59:33 pm

I like the BG here better than the rose. Overall the photo is punchy and colourful and not as bad as Perhps stamper makes it out to be. A lower perspective would certainly give the flower strength against that BG. Also, cleaning up the petals of pollen would help.

Title: Re: not liking this
Post by: tom b on May 31, 2014, 03:42:44 pm

Check out Robert Mapplethorpe (http://www.darjanpanic.com/photography/masters-of-photography/robert-mapplethorpe-and-his-flower-art-photography/) if you want to see some great flowers.

Cheers,