Keep or Delete?

[Meerkat17]

Is this a keeper?
The conversion for the web has not done it any favours but its well in focus and there's no burnout on the petals.

I like the image but just feel that it would have been better placed further to the left of the frame - how do others feel? The last thing I really want to do is to crop it to a square as I don't like that format and feel that the leaves add to the overall picture.
http://www.btinternet.com/~David.Lewins/g5/images/flower0052C.jpg

Exif:
Camera Model: Canon PowerShot G5
Firmware: Firmware Version 2.00
Owner: ©2004 David Lewins
Date/Time: 2004:06:09 11:00:58
Shutter speed: 1/40 sec
Aperture: 5.6
Exposure mode: Manual
Flash: Off
Metering mode: Evaluative
Drive mode: Single frame shooting
ISO: 50
Lens: 7.2 to 28.8mm
Focal length: 23mm
Subject distance: 0.31 m
Macro focus: On


Thanks in advance
Regards
David

[LightHunter]

I would not frame it and put it in my living room but I definitely kept pictures of flowers that were not this good. I believe the picture is OK.
It has a special effect of yellow around the stems. And I fully agree that you should not crop the leaves.
To me it is a correct picture of a flower. I am sure if you would sent it to a woman to congratulate (e.g. birthday) or thank it would be appreciated.

[Big_B]

I agree with you about the placement, but I still reckon its a keeper.

[karusel]

Keeper! Nice composition and colors.

[dn7elson]

It's a nice image. Not equal to many of the amazing images that you have posted, but still nice.

I think that I like it rotated -90 degrees so that the flower seems to look into the frame a bit more.

[Scottes]

Keeper, yes, but maybe not one for the printer. I've got many keeps that aren't this good.

[arogop]

I like it just the way it is. In my opinion you don't always want the flower in the center of the frame. When I take native Wisconsin orchid pictures I like to have leaves show in the picture so I can put the flower in context. You did a nice job with the framing in the lower left.

The only thing I would like to see more of is more detail from the white, but white flowers are very tough. I have been trying to do just that with some Small White Ladyslippers but the lighting has to be perfect. If you have any flash at all you blow out all of the detail.

[Meerkat17]

Thanks for the feedback guys,
As I said, conversion for the web didn't do it any favours as it lost all of the detail on the petals.

The flower is a Dog Rose Rosa canina and there's still plenty of time for a re-shoot to see if I can better this attempt.

Thanks again for the comments.

Regards
David

[PhotosGuy]

...feel that the leaves add to the overall picture.

So... leaves are design elements now?
:lol:

I like it too, & agree that I'd prefer the flower to be 'looking into' the pic instead of out. Maybe rotating it would help, but I don't have enough room here to turn my monitor sideways.
Keeper!

[Meerkat17]

So... leaves are design elements now?

:lol: ROFLOL :lol:

Frank, you amaze me - an observant person like yourself and you cannot spot the blade of grass that I left in the picture as the "design element"

Look to the petal thats at 9 'o'clock, then just slightly below, there's a blade of grass across the leaf.

Thanks for your input, I have tried to rotate it but at the moment it just looks wrong when I do so - I'll leave it a few days and see how I feel then.

Regards
David

Edit
Thought I'd better post this in case Frank strains himself turning his monitor on its side :wink:

http://www.btinternet.com/~David.Lewins/g5/images/flower0052C_2.jpg

[Ikinaa]

Even though you only rotated the picture, I definitely like the rotated version better.
In the original I'd have said the flower 'looks' out of the picture to the right side.
But with the flower on the top left, this argument has gone.

I'd call it a keeper... :D

[martcol]

Good shot, certainly a keeper. The rotate makes a huge difference.

Martin

[LightHunter]

Me too I prefer the rotated one.

[PhotosGuy]

...you cannot spot the blade of grass that I left in the picture as the "design element"

It leads the eye toward the center of the flower just as the stems at 7 o'clock & 1 o'clock do (unrotated version), so that makes them a design element in my book. :lol: I'd probably tone down the stem at 3 o'clock.

The rotated version is a huge improvement to me. Amazing how something like that can make so big a difference. I think I'll use it as an illustration for my students if you don't mind.

[Meerkat17]

I think I'll use it as an illustration for my students if you don't mind.

Frank I'll send you a PM about the above.

David

[PhotosGuy]

Thanks again, David.