Beautiful Simplicity

[JBW]

ISO 100 Shutter Speed 1/3s. ~ F/16
Shot in the shade and adjusted with burning and dodging.

[Shadowman]

Nice shot.

[JBW]

Nice shot.

it did come together nicely

[NorthernFocus]

Well taken and well titled. You're really nailing the detail at you focal point these days.

[JBW]

Well taken and well titled. You're really nailing the detail at you focal point these days.

The new camera has significantly greater focus magnification so it is a lot easier to nail the focus.

[Manfred M]

Burning down the large bright area near the bottom right would help here Brian. It is a large distracting element. I don't know what it is, but had you been able to remove it or compose without it being in the image, you would have had a much stronger shot. There are some more minor ones towards the top left that need burning down as well.

Ideally, spotting and eliminating these issues while framing the shot is usually the best approach.

[JBW]

Burning down the large bright area near the bottom right would help here Brian. It is a large distracting element. I don't know what it is, but had you been able to remove it or compose without it being in the image, you would have had a much stronger shot. There are some more minor ones towards the top left that need burning down as well.

Ideally, spotting and eliminating these issues while framing the shot is usually the best approach.

The large bright areas add a frame around the three flowers with the bottom diagonal adding a stop for the eye while the top one directs the eye to the flowers. At least they do to my eyes. I will see what happens with a bit of burning.

[Manfred M]

The large bright areas add a frame around the three flowers with the bottom diagonal adding a stop for the eye while the top one directs the eye to the flowers. At least they do to my eyes. I will see what happens with a bit of burning.

Bright and high contrast areas tend to distract, as they pull the viewer's eyes away from the subject. A frame tends to be contiguous and frames all of the image, not just a corner. How are you coming along on the two online photography courses you were looking at going through? I suspect that they will cover material like this.

[JBW]

Bright and high contrast areas tend to distract, as they pull the viewer's eyes away from the subject. A frame tends to be contiguous and frames all of the image, not just a corner. How are you coming along on the two online photography courses you were looking at going through? I suspect that they will cover material like this.

I'm working through the Harvard one. Problem is that he is not such a good lecturer. It usually takes him 45 minutes to get to the subject and by then I'm beginning to nod off.