Need to know how this looks.. [flower and mailbox]

[Parkerman]

Alright, so.. just recently i got a laptop. I took this picture.. and edited it on the laptop and i want to know how it looks to everyone else.

On my desktop it appears a bit dark. I'm wanting to pick up a spyder2express sometime to calibrate with.



But yea, What problems do you see with the picture? Like i said, on the lappy it looked fine. Looking at it on my desktop [with a CRT] I would have brightened it up a tad.

*edit* and probably fix the white balance a little cause the white on the fence seems a bit warm.

 

[passerby]

I like it, with good focus at the first flower, and nice colour. I think you are trying to achieve bokeh effect here?

I would be happy with this result myself at this moment.

If you do it again with the same scene you may zoom closer or bring the camera a bit forward so the first 3 flowers fill the frame will it be good try to you?

 

[JimmyO]

Amazing shot Parker!
Looks perfect

 

[jvgig]

The image is very busy and gives your eye nowhere to rest. I agree with passerby that if the focused flowers were a little larger, the image would work a little better. The color and lighting seem good, but the flowers do not pop (couldnt tell you how to fix this).

 

[Parkerman]

Yea, the main thing i was checking on was how it looked... Really need to buy a calibrating device/software because on my desktop it looks so so... Little dark. On my Laptop.. it looks really good.

I wasn't really going for any look... Was just out in the yard and took the shot... That flower is gone now.. but others bloomed.

Thanks for the comments.

 

[tirediron]

A nice image, but I would crop out the mailbox; it's just one extra element that doesn't really add much IMHO.

 

[Parkerman]

A nice image, but I would crop out the mailbox; it's just one extra element that doesn't really add much IMHO.

Adds character to me.. So its not just "another" flower shot.


Thanks for the comment though.

 

[invisible]

The image is very busy and gives your eye nowhere to rest.

This was my first thought too, and it's unfortunate because I think the idea was good. My only suggestion would be to reshoot and either try to leave the mailbox out or use a very shallow DOF so only the first flower is in focus.