Thin line between life and death

like the concept not the execution

stanclark wrote in post #14935581
like the concept not the execution

yeah that's what I'm thinking. I'm not happy with it at all haha, I'm going to scrap it. thanks for the feedback!

If the live flower had a full rack of petals then it might work better; but crop in closer.

I think the flawed petal works beautifully into your concept but agree that a closer crop would much improve this photo.

Paul

Also, if possible, I think it would be cool if you could get it in the morning or evening sun to warm up the picture a little.

I think a tighter crop would work better as well. I love the concept.

i like it, tighter crop for me also. Great bokeh

gen2roller wrote in post #14935284

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Does this work? Should I try to fix the broken leaf on the left flower? I dunno if I like it or not. I used the shallow dof to try to separate the flower, maybe its a little shallow? I thought it was interesting that on the same stem, one flower was thriving while the other, dying. I don't usually shoot flowers, but I thought the concept was interesting.

I really liked the concept and agree with others. I had some PP fun with this one if you don't mind. I cropped, cloned, adjusted levels and applied a slight bit of sun flare (after all they look like sunflowers) to warm it up. I really like it.