Flower on Fillmore

Hi!

I'm trying to learn and improve and would appreciate anyone's feedback

or suggestions. Thanks very much!

Brian

I've shot these succulent flowers and agree they are very beautiful.  My only problem with this photo is that the subject is too close to the left edge, giving a crowded feeling to the image.  The blurred background is nice.

brian,  robert has already pointed out the closeness of flower to left side. a starting point would be to find a good balance between flower and frame,  think would also have a play at tilting flower a wee bit to the right just to see how it looks.  i find your b/g fascinating,  it looks like sand and the sea.  just out of curiosity is it?  lovely flower,  with nice color combinations.

As you fill the frame with the subject placing it more towards the center of the frame becomes more acceptable. Symmetry is more important here than dynamism. In this instance the flower appears to be leaning out of the frame because of the space on the right... but cropping a bit of the right side might help it.

Thanks Ginnete!

Roger, Robert, & Joseph, thanks very much for your helpful feedback! I had to laugh, I actually have a tendency to put every subject smack-dab in the middle of the frame and have a natural preference for symmetry. I'm usually afraid my composition is too boring. This time I was actually trying to put the flower to one side to make the image more interesting...pardon the pun, but I clearly have room for improvement! Thanks to your comments I'll have a better sense next time.

Joseph, thanks also for the tip on linking the degree of centering to the relative size of the subject to the frame - I hadn't thought of it like that and it makes sense. Roger, the background was a happy surprise for me. It gives me the sense of a sea and beach as well. Believe it or not, the plant is on a pot in front of a store (white wall with blue framing) in a busy bar area on Fillmore Street in San Francisco. People walking buy couldn't figure out what I could be photographing!

Thanks again, I really appreciate your help!