flora Stretch B&W

Thanks in advance for your comments. This is full frame, converted

to B&W in Channel Mixer.

lovely, fantastic.

great image. wonderful composition. b&w gives a dramatic impact 2 the picture. we r so used 2 see flowers in color...but u make us realize that flowers without color can b more beautiful. powerful presentation.

Nice composition.

Stunning.

This is really an eye catcher! Fantastic use of light, very nice clarity. It gives the feeling that something alluring is hidden behind the petals. I love the circles of confusion. Very nice indeed!

I am particularly attracted to this photograph because it makes beautiful use of grey hues. It is difficult to achieve a good photograph with a lot of grey tones in it, because grey often dulls an image and extracts texture from it. For this photo, however, that is not the case at all. The image has tremendous texture in it, and the use of light is beautifully balanced throughout. There is a feeling of many flowers, although there is a focus on only two of them. Overall, a very well composed and executed photograph. Nice work!

 

-Miranda

Peachy..

I really love the composition! Something about the upper flower holding up the frame really makes this interesting for me. Well done!

Up untill now I firmly believed, flowers cannot be portrait in monochrome. Congratulations, this is a great shot.

Thank you all very much for the comments, I appreciate it! I have the color version of this which I'll post sometime, although I have to admit I like the B&W better.

Philip, this is a great photograph. The composition is exquisite. It has a full tonal range and I really love the soft midtone grays.

Outstanding!

Sometimes B&W works well with things you normally expect to see in color. I sometimes do that with my brightly colored birds. I find the postings usually get varying ratings, though - some people like unconventional and others don't.