Pretty Flowers C&C

[mommyphotog]

I took this last month but just newly looked at it. Let me know what you think.


Flowers to brighten the mood by bettylou0329, on Flickr

 

[The_Traveler]

While the conversion/toning is pleasant and soothing, imo, there are other issues that hurt this picture.

First, nothing is sharp at all. While sharpness is not always supremely crucial, a lot of the impact of this image would be greatly enhanced if something was sharp.
The flower in the foreground is way oof and not well arranged and blankets most of the flower in the center that seems to be the intended center of interest.
There are petals in the ll and ul that seem to be as sharp as the center one and draw the eye.
While the 'thirds' idea isn't a must, it would be nice if something important was at somewhere important in the picture.

 

[Bitter Jeweler]

Traveler, I like how you said "it would be nice if something important, was somewhere important". That's a great way to explain the strength of the RoT.

:thumbup:

 

[mommyphotog]

Thanks so much for your response. looking back at it I totally agree. Still have lots to learn. Thanks again.

 

[The_Traveler]

Mommyphotog,

thanks for being so pleasant.

everything below this line is my opinion and may be totally pompous bs so read at your own risk.
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I think that a different crop of this picture shows a lot.
I think (and I'm certain that someone knowledgeable has documented this) that the eye and the mind get lots of even contradictory messages about a picture below the conscious level and that they get sorted out to produce the overall impression.

Among those messages are.
I'm in a powerful spot, look at me
I'm bright, look at me
I'm in focus look at me.
I'm close to the edge, I'm not important.
I'm whole, the photographer included me, so I must have some importance

We are very aware consciously of the first two but I think the others affect our perceptions

When this picture is cropped, some things that were annoying before seem to fade in importance a bit; because they're at the edge or partially trimmed off
the 'important' flower seems even more prominent because it's in a powerful spot.
notice that the OOF flower in the front isn't so important, it seems more like a counterpoint to the one it's partially hiding and one looks right past it to the important flower in the powerful spot.

Does this make sense?