Nice image Binnur, I can't say for sure about the white but I like the contrast from dark background.
Excellent image, Binnur.... do you have another image where less of fore ground and more of upper part showing the tops of trees and more sky?
I'm holding pieces of card against my screen again.
So I wonder about a very slight crop from bottom and left side?
I was only thinking about removing 10% at the most.
I also like bright light on subjects contrasting with a darker background. It's not something we often see in the real world but it's spectacular when we do see it. You took all of that into great advantage.
Yes, the crop is exactly what I was thinking about.
I think the image shines through even with the grey BG, I use the grey as default for all my viewing.
I like your cropped version. Very vibrant and I like the contrast in color. Great work!
Binnur,
Have you considered adding a white border to the image to see if it changes your opinion of the BG affect? I'm not sure how white works with a nature shot, does it look natural, does it overcome the primary colors?
No John, I haven't tried. I can only see a difference if I view the image both on a grey BG and on a white BG for comparison. If I look at the image on a grey BG individually I don't see a problem. So , it is a kind of eye trick I suppose I have given up adding borders to my images and I have already removed some of them because when I uploaded them to Flickr with the borders they spoilt the look of my photostream