Dodging, burning, local adjustments, cropping, sharpening, way too much fun

[JBW]

[Shadowman]

Nice composition.

[Urbanflyer]

Composition is interesting. Since DOF left those green leaves in focus, suggest burning them in a bit or applying selective blur ro keep them from competing with your focal object.

[Adzman808]

It's a strong composition and really life like looking colours

FWIW, my "issue" with it, is that the leaf that goes off shot at the top right corner is OOF but occupies a significant and prominent amount of the shot, it draws my eye, so I notice it's not sharp

I wonder if you have any other crop options to get it (or most of it at least) out of the frame?

[JBW]

It's a strong composition and really life like looking colours

FWIW, my "issue" with it, is that the leaf that goes off shot at the top right corner is OOF but occupies a significant and prominent amount of the shot, it draws my eye, so I notice it's not sharp

I wonder if you have any other crop options to get it (or most of it at least) out of the frame?

I couldn't find one. But it could be made less noticeable.

[JBW]

Composition is interesting. Since DOF left those green leaves in focus, suggest burning them in a bit or applying selective blur ro keep them from competing with your focal object.

Blurring could work.

[Manfred M]

Blurring could work.

Have you tried using a vignette to reduce the prominence of the elements at the edges of your composition? A light touch is usually required as you don't want to draw too much attention to the technique.

[JBW]

Have you tried using a vignette to reduce the prominence of the elements at the edges of your composition? A light touch is usually required as you don't want to draw too much attention to the technique.

i did use just a touch. But mostly i used localized exposure settings in the bottom half.

[Manfred M]

i did use just a touch. But mostly i used localized exposure settings in the bottom half.

In that case it is quite subtle because I did not notice any. The vignette works by pushing the viewer's eyes towards the centre of the frame by darkening the corners. I add a vignette and push it until I just notice it, and then dial it back a tiny amount. I used to use the vignette technique back in the wet darkroom days by adding a little bit of exposure to the corners of the image being projected by the enlarger.

[JBW]

In that case it is quite subtle because I did not notice any. The vignette works by pushing the viewer's eyes towards the centre of the frame by darkening the corners. I add a vignette and push it until I just notice it, and then dial it back a tiny amount. I used to use the vignette technique back in the wet darkroom days by adding a little bit of exposure to the corners of the image being projected by the enlarger.

I can do subtle! Those darkrooms always seemed like a place of magic and mystery to me.