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[Urbanflyer]

Sunflower 220 by urbanflyer, on Flickr

[Manfred M]

An interesting image, although I am not sold on positioning the flower so close to the bottom edge and having so much negative space around it that does not contribute to the image.

[Geoff F]

Negative space is the sort of thing Kaskais frequently does, although he works in monochrome. Some people really like this concept while others see negative space as wasted space.

I wonder if the flower should be on the right side?

Either way, it is a good shot of the flower.

[xpatUSA]

Negative space is the sort of thing Kaskais frequently does, although he works in monochrome. Some people really like this concept while others see negative space as wasted space.

And yet had the flower been instead a balloon passing by or an airplane climbing up and to the right, would the sky still be considered as "wasted space", I wonder?

Long ago when I had a Pilot's license in the UK, I climbed out of Sturgate in hazy conditions and unexpectedly broke into a dead flat sea of purple in bright sunlight. Of course, my camera was not on board, grump.

And when is space not a space?

[escape]

I think the image is perfect. If the flower was on the right or in the middle it would still be perfect. When the flower is on the left side it says, I'm over here. When it's on the right side it says, I'm over here. In the middle it says, here I am. Very nice, Judith.

[xpatUSA]

And when is space not a space?

By which I mean "is there some ratio between zero content and visible content where 'space' turns from negative to neutral or positive?". Is there even something called "positive space"??

[pschlute]

Is there even something called "positive space"??

Possibly this ?

[xpatUSA]

Possibly this ?

LOL. Positively blue which could be taken as negatively orange ...

[Urbanflyer]

Possibly this ?

Dare I mention there is positively a faint cloud in the lower part of the image. (Don't we all need to smile during these tough times!)

[Astro]

My own feeling is that ngative space is not inherantly an issue with an image. I thinkt that this image works rather well.

For me the positioning of the flower relative to a wonderfully vibrant blue sky creates a greater drama in the image, than if it had been placed more centrally.

It may be an artefact of the posting process, but on my screen, there is a very slight vignetting in the corners which I would remove. (Especially if printing which I woud do were it mine)

[lovelife65]

Love it just as it is. The negative space is perfect, keeps the photograph simple and the flower the focus. Great work.

[xpatUSA]

With the sky being so bright in the posted image, I wonder if a sky-only vignette centered on the flower seeds and starting at the petal tips would bring the flower out more against the sky?

The idea comes from the subject of "color appearance" where the appearance of an object is affected by it's immediate surroundings ...