Orchid 1

For me, it's always tough to control yellows and reds. If I'm not

careful, I tend to blow them out. Thank God for histograms.

Anyways, depending on your monitor type, this image may seem

blownout, but not on my monitor. I like saturated colors.

I guess there are few images of flowers that can really captivate the viewer and this is not one. Issues as follows (IMHO): 1. Dead on Flat feel to the flower. Orchids have extreme details in their structure and your composition spoils the very thing that makes them elegent. 2. Three flowers in the frame do little to improbe anything. 3. Some fill lighting would have been nicet to bring out details now lost in shadows. Probably that may fix some dimensional issue too. 4. The image is also difficult to look at due to the separation along the main diagonal. badly arranged leaf at one side and black on the other...

5. Sharpness is unwarranted. Unless you wanted it. I'd be pretty comfortable with a softer feel.

FLowers are difficult to represent well and requires serious thought and control. Keep trying and a suggestion wouold be to isolate one flower and present a nice view.

Rajiv, I'm not sure I agree with all your points, however, I will consider all your advice very seriously, as I am quite an amateur when it comes to flowers. Thank you very much for your detailed feedback!

That is the spirit of online forum. Learn and let learn. I find it difficult to shoot flowers and have been spending considerable time to shood decent ones. Lately, I have given up on scanning them and do no have my recent images to showcase. Some day I shall add them. However, do take a look at my pictures too. I's like to know what you think of them. cheers