Towards the light

[the foto fanatic]

[aim54x]

nicely done!

[stubbsy]

Trevor

I like the simplicity of this image although I find the background a touch dark.

[the foto fanatic]

Thanks Peter.

My wife said the same thing, so you are correct.

[Geoff M]

Nice lighting on the flower head which needs some more room above. The lighting on the stem however does not seem to gel as well.

[zafra52]

I feel the photo needs more space (margin) on
top of the flower and perhaps you could cut a
bit of the bottom. Also I am not sure of the
colour background.

[the foto fanatic]

Yep, things seem to become a bit darker when reproduced here.
I am going to try to lighten the background and improve the stems.

I'm not sure that I want to do anything with the top of the bulb. My vision for the image was always to have the flower close to the edge and close to the top, with all the negative space at the bottom.

Thanks for taking the time to critique.

[biggerry]

imo, the bottom part with the OOF stalk and the majority of teh shadow needs to be cropped. The harsh shadow does not match teh almost studio feel.

[the foto fanatic]

I've followed a couple of the suggestions in the hope of improving the image.

[surenj]

Trevor, are you going for a deer in headlight type of light? it looks a little direct for my liking. Almost reminds me of a fashion type of direct light look with a ring light up close.