Redo Fungi /Tree Branch

[selig1656]

JCHP7040 super crop by Raymond Friedman, on Flickr
This has been cropped as per suggestions7040GA5 cropped by Raymond Friedman, on Flickr
Here is a blk/wht
Pic 3 was a fun one

JCHP7039 edit3 by Raymond Friedman, on Flickr
Thank you for all feedback.

[DanK]

Sorry, but it still doesn't work for me. A large amount of out-of-focus material in the foreground, as in #1, is usually distracting and even uncomfortable. And by shooting quite wide, you limited how much is in focus in #1 and #2. #3 seems to be entirely out of focus.

I think a diagonal like the first two might work, if you carefully put the patterns of interest in focus and the rest out of focus. That would require at least a much narrower aperture, and possibly focus stacking.

[Shadowman]

For me still viewed as an abstract so cropping doesn't matter; its all about approaching it from an imaginative perspective. By cropping you are trying to conform the image to your view of it not the viewers choice.

[selig1656]

Thank you John, couldn't agree with you more.

[Wavelength]

I liked the first image; i would love to crop away 1/4th upper part to retain the rest