I Am King (Queen)

[selig1656]

RSF_5114 edit vig by Raymond Friedman, on Flickr
blk/wht
RSF_5114 blkwht by Raymond Friedman, on Flickr
taken with Nikon D7100

[Wavelength]

Like the colors of the flower and the colour of the background; i have a feeling that it would be better if the background is made less brighter, it won't compete with the subject to drag our attention...

[Gerry F]

The colours of the leaves and composition are great but I agree that the white in the background is too bright and therefore distracting. In the b/w version it is the opposite. The leaves are rather blown out and reducing the highlights might help.

[selig1656]

the effort was to make the leaf almost a metallic sliver as associated with royalty. the back ground in the color version was darkened, will bring it down a little more. thanks on the pointers.