poison ivy

[JohnMF]

ok it isnt poison ivy, it's just normal ivy i think, but i needed a more catchy title than "Ivy"

This photo was close to what i wanted to acheive, i just wish the leaf on the back right was a little higher up to balance it out better.

Not sure about the backgraound details. Should i burn the in a little more or get rid of them altogther.

Any other general critiques welcome. OTE

Specs:
20d
flash
18-50mm sigma

 

[Hertz van Rental]

My main concern is with the placement of the leaves in frame. The three largest don't seem to relate to each other in any way - they just compete for attention. I think it might have worked better without the big leaf bottom right.

 

[JohnMF]

thanks

do you think rotating the picture and maybe knocking one or two of the leaves out of focus may help?

(btw did i put this in the wrong section?)

 

[JonMikal]

(btw did i put this in the wrong section?)

John, check your PM's

 

[aprilraven]

ok, the neighborhood weirdo here, but i so dig this pic... i really love it..would love to have it blown up in a poster kinda thing, and have it on a wall...

(but then again... i'm spooky....so dont judge by me...)

great job to me.....i love it!!

 

[JohnMF]

Thanks AprilR. Unfortunately this is a small crop from a larger digital image so it wont print very well at a bigger size. One of the draw-backs with digital

 

[Jeff/fotog]

There's a Minor White shot you should see, I actually used to own the original; it's ivy from Oregon...what he did was bump up the contrast to max and burned in the background so that it only quietly and very subtley was present. A wonderful print.

If your image has that much information, it'd be pretty cool to give it a try.

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