A walk on the dark side

[JBW]

going against the rules I shot this one way to the dark side and brought it back. I like the effect.
ISO 100 ~ Shutter Speed 1/160s ~ F/18 ~ Natural Light ~
Sony Alpha a58 ~ Tamron 90mm 272E

[mugge]

Brian, I like it well enough as is. How about cropping a bit off the left side and perhaps lighten the flowers a tad.
Cheers Ole

[JBW]

Brian, I like it well enough as is. How about cropping a bit off the left side and perhaps lighten the flowers a tad.
Cheers Ole

A crop coming in from the left to the start of the dry yellow leaf creates a nice shot as well. However i so rarely play on the dark side anymore that I don't want to lighten the flowrrs.

Nevertheless I took lots of shots and I'll incorporate your suggestions into one of the brighter ones just to see how it comes out!

[Shadowman]

Nice effort.

[JBW]

Nice effort.

every now and again back to my roots

[Wavelength]

I liked it very much; i have never seen two colored lilies like this
That brown leaf is a bit of distraction to the composition

[JBW]

I liked it very much; i have never seen two colored lilies like this
That brown leaf is a bit of distraction to the composition

Not lilies, wild ginger.

[Wavelength]

Here, locally its pure white version, is called locally...it has a much spreading fragrance.....