B&W Calla

What do you think? Should the background be darker, I lightened it a

lot from the original. Thanks

I find the photo excellent. The background does not distract from the main subject but adds a feeling of embrace around the flower. The only thing I would so is crop a slither off the bottom edge. Very, very nice. Thanks you.

Agree with the above .. an excellent photo. Black and white has worked particularly well here along with the shades and tones. Maybe a little bit of balance has been lost (as per the above cropping suggestion) but who knows what was above. The kind of flower photo I would aspire to take with a larger format camera. Well done. Regarding your critique request which I have just seen. I like the background as you have presented.

Thanks, I'll try that and post it here.

Bill

 

You are shooting on Kiev-88. My buddy in Russia use to have one.

About picture - I prefer even brighter background and a bit more out of focus. But it is matter of choice. You have beautiful Portfolio!

What a lovely shot...M..... re your question, I think you've got the tones right. I'm no bw printing expert but I think this would be an excellent application for some bleach toning.

Very nice contrast. I agree that burning down the background would bring out the flower.

 

One thing that is tough as a viewer is that, I am looking at this via a computer screen. I know for a fact that it would be so hard to tell if you used a warm tone paper vs cold. Or RC vs Fiber. Or even if this was printed at all (scanned).

 

It certainly was printed, rather warmly on fiber paper. Quite nice in my (not so humble opinion).

Bill

I Think it is just cropped a little to tight around the top.