The last bloom

[Daisy Mae]

Loved the shapes in this sunflower as it just hung on to life .

[herbert]

Hi Daisy,

Nice capture. Your image has wonderful tones.

Is there some room with the original to add some 'breathing' space to the left of the flower? The main flow of the image is from right to left and the flower is facing out of the picture.

As an alternative I held my hand over the right side of the photo and liked the squarer crop since the flower face is then more central.

Regards,

Alex

[Daisy Mae]

Thanks for the comments Alex...this sort of thing any better.

[ScoutR]

What a difference that bit of extra space makes, the second one gets my vote, beautiful. Good eye Alex

Wendy

[Daisy Mae]

Thank you Wendy..Alex was spot on.

Not quite the same shot as I can't locate it... but close enough.

[Cakey]

both do it for me

[Daisy Mae]

both do it for me

Thanks Cakey!

[Skyline]

I thought the 1st was great and wouldn't have thought to give it room. Great stuff Daisy.

[herbert]

Not quite the same shot as I can't locate it... but close enough.

I like the extra space. Good job.

Shame you can't find the original. I like the little bit of extra black that you can see in the flower face. The second version is good too. You must have a nice collection.

Thanks for sharing.

Alex

[Nihia]

I like them both, but think the 2nd draws more attention to the flower, its texture and fineness of petals. Love the backlighting & the luminosity it gives.

Cheers
Nihia

[Daisy Mae]

Thanks everyone for your comments, Nihia, Dave..

No collection sadly Alex, and I agree that the original bloom would look better due to that extra black....simple bad housekeeping on my part but I will hunt it down. Appreciate your taking the time to look and advise.

cheers

[Tygart]

Beautiful, I like the second image too.