Red Flower

[Kyle]

Took these earlier this summer. Not sure what they are but they were planted in my brothers garden. Haven't done too many flower shots yet. c&c welcome.

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[bnnrcn]

Hi Kyle, very colorful shots I would crop the empty space on the left in #1 , IMO it looks better this way.

[Shadowman]

Very nice, I prefer shooting at nurseries, they usually name the flower and it shortens my research time.

[Kyle]

Thanks for the comments Binnur and John.

Here's a tighter crop on both

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[deetheturk]

Very nice Kyle, the crop works for me

[Kyle]

Thanks David! I agree, the crop is much nicer.

[Ziggy]

Nice, they are Lilies.

[Kyle]

Tried something a bit different with this one. Not sure how it worked out.

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[mugge]

I really like the last image. The flower is colourful and there is something in the background that does not vie for attention but adds extra texture. I would really work on that one but that is only my thoughts.
Ole

[IzzieK]

The last one is called selective colouring. (I think the term do not have a u in the word colour but I am used to typing 'u'). Anyway, between 1 and 2 of the first installment and the edit, I like #2 but you will have to remove the brown dead bits in the shot, like in #2, the lower part of one of the petals have this distracting brown dead flower left by the other flower at the back and also at the RHS. I think you should put this flower in the Warp function of Photoshop so you can eliminate and direct the stem to the corner of the frame or smething like that...just a suggestion.

[Kyle]

Thanks for the comments Ole and Izzie.

The last one is called selective colouring. (I think the term do not have a u in the word colour but I am used to typing 'u').

For us Canadians it has a 'u' in it. Colour vs Color. Canadian English vs American English.

Anyway, between 1 and 2 of the first installment and the edit, I like #2 but you will have to remove the brown dead bits in the shot...

Yeah I noticed how distracting those were before I posted it. I tried removing them but I find the spot removal tool on Lightroom frustrating when you have a large area to fix. I'm having trouble getting it to blend in. Also I don't have access to Photoshop right now but if I do get it again, I'll try that warp tool.

[AndrewMcD]

I hear you on the frustration with the LightRoom spot removal tool! I haven't tried Photoshop, the learning curve is intimidating, but the Light Room spot removal might be enough to induce me to change. I recently spent way too much time trying to clean up an image that ended up being deleted anyway.

[bnnrcn]

Hi Kyle, crop of #1 looks very nice to me

[FootLoose]

#2 has a less distracting background but I would clone out the dead bloom in the lower left background.

I think these flowers are what we call Day Lillies - so named because the bloom only lasts a day or so.