Peek~A~Boo I See You. A flower shot. C&C needed

[JBW]

I took this shot in the late afternoon with the sun peeking through the foliage. In pp I flipped it to B&W, applied a filter from Cap. 1 and returned to colour, modifying the filter to suit my taste. It is an unusual shot for me but I like it.
ISO 100 ~ Shutter Speed ~ 1/13s ~ F/16 ~ Natural Light

[Manfred M]

I'm not quite sure what you are trying to achieve here Brian. Much of the foreground is the fence or wall and that totally overpowers the image. This shot seems to be too busy to be all that effective.

[Shadowman]

For me the scene itself is what would inspire me to try to capture the speckled light, I know how difficult it is to properly expose the scene but with a good subject covered with the patterns I'd try to capture it and work out the issues later. Luckily most speckled lighting scenes allow you to work the scene to your hearts content unless the subject is human or animal and likely to move.

Komorebi, Japanese word for this type of scene which is supposedly untranslatable.

[Manfred M]

Komorebi, Japanese word for this type of scene which is supposedly untranslatable.

My Japanese speaking daughter tells me it means "sunbeams shining through leaves".

[martynjc]

It looks very underexposed to me. I can’t really see the subject?

[Shadowman]

My Japanese speaking daughter tells me it means "sunbeams shining through leaves".

That would sum up a speckled light scene for me.

[FootLoose]

I think the bright light on the wooden structure on the left of frame is a little too bright. You could tone it down or maybe crop and see what the shot looks like then.

[jonjdoe]

Brian, I find the rich colors in this work extremely pleasant. Thanks for sharing it.,

[Cogito]

Perhaps a little underexposed? And not a lot to interest to the viewer on the right, With a little more strenghtening of the colours may I suggest this?

[JBW]

Thanks for all the replies.

Manfred: I was primarily trying to capture the beauty I was looking at. The fence was (is) a big part of the beauty. I really don't see a busy shot.

John: I took about 30 shots and I will be working it more, perhaps a lot more

Martynjc: I may well have toned it down too much. Stay tuned for the next attempt.

John: the rich colors are what appeal to me too.

Tony: not so sure about the squarish crop. It seems to cramp the shot.

[Manfred M]

Manfred: I was primarily trying to capture the beauty I was looking at. The fence was (is) a big part of the beauty. I really don't see a busy shot.

Look again. It is very busy.

Which of the elements in the image add to the composition and which ones don't. Downplay and remove those elements.

Simplification is a very powerful compositional technique.

[JBW]

Look again. It is very busy.

Which of the elements in the image add to the composition and which ones don't. Downplay and remove those elements.

Simplification is a very powerful compositional technique.

I'll work on it. But at this point I see an image that is made up of all parts of the shot. Take anything away or add anything and the shot changes. Tony did some colour enhancement and a crop. Moving from rectangle to square gives an entiorely different feeling as dos the brightness. Fair enough but it's not the scene I saw.

Perhaps i can enhance the shot with some dodging and burning.
B.

[JBW]

I took this shot in the late afternoon with the sun peeking through the foliage. In pp I flipped it to B&W, applied a filter from Cap. 1 and returned to colour, modifying the filter to suit my taste. It is an unusual shot for me but I like it.
ISO 100 ~ Shutter Speed ~ 1/13s ~ F/16 ~ Natural Light

There have been many good suggestions on how to enhance this shot. I have a feeling i'll be exploring more options. here's the latest.

[Shadowman]

The B & W version does tend to favor the light over the darkness.

[JBW]

The B & W version does tend to favor the light over the darkness.

that was intentional. I started at the left and below the flower. Moved to the rigtht and above the flower and then worked on the flower.

[Manfred M]

Going B&W is one obvious method of simplification. When one throws away up to 99.85% of the data that your camera was capable of collecting, that is really simplifying your image.

That being said, I still find it too busy, even as a B&W.

[JBW]

Going B&W is one obvious method of simplification. When one throws away up to 99.85% of the data that your camera was capable of collecting, that is really simplifying your image.

That being said, I still find it too busy, even as a B&W.

Nope I have only changed lots of colors to lots of shades of grey. As for being too busy I don't think so. The shot has 3 main areas and 1 main object. It is certainly complex. But that is not busy which means distracting.

Maybe it's because I'm left handed and therefore in my right mind but my eyes go quickly to the flower and stay there till I decide to look into the corners.