Spring has sprung! C&C if you please.

flameshots · Mar 1, 2011

The family and I spent last week in Orlando and It's quite obvious that spring is well on it's way in the middle to southern parts of the state.

I think this is the flower of a Golden Trumpet tree. If anyone has some more insight please let me know. I looked all over the net and I think that's what it is.

tygr1 · Mar 1, 2011

The flowers sort of blend in with the background making them hard to see and focus on. Maybe just my tired, old eyes.

Abby Rose · Mar 1, 2011

Yeah, the fact that the sunlight is highlighting the out-of-focus flowers sort of distracts from the shadowy "main" ones. I'm not a fan of the composition, what with the bottom of the in-focus bunch being cut off. You might have even wanted to go closer to get just one or two single flowers in the bunch in the frame.

I thought that it was always spring in the south? When it's not summer, anyway? At least whenever I've been anywhere south of Ohio in the "winter" it's been like 40 or 50, at least. :raisedbrow:

Davor · Mar 1, 2011

tygr1 said:
The flowers sort of blend in with the background making them hard to see and focus on. Maybe just my tired, old eyes.

Agreed, if you where to compose the flower's against the blue skies it would have turned out allot more appealing

Felix 222 · Mar 1, 2011

looks good but brighten the foreground to make those yellows pop! also, gently enhance the blues to create more contrast.

flameshots · Mar 2, 2011

Thanks for the help guys. I really couldn't put my finger on why they didn't pop. Photography can be so frustrating sometimes. This tree was so beautiful in person. I'll give some of these things a try.