Violet Foxglove 001

Beautiful colours and lighting, Dave!

Many thanks for your advice at my 'blaming' shot...

With best regards,

Ruud.

I thank you in advance for any thoughts you might offer me to improve

my use of this craft.

-Dave

PDE

DL, nice image. like how foxglove enters the frame, very nice composition. also good b/g, works well with pink of flower. nice work.

DL, eye-catching result with great DOF, full of the colors & crisp details, gorgeous macro!    Congr.

You managed to keep a large number of the flowers in the same plane of focus.  It's a nice composition too.

-Dave

the diagonal composition is nice.  The image looks quite soft. More sharpness/clarity would be nice.  The colour seems to be very strong, almost unnatural.  Did you boost it in post-processing?  I would prefer a perspective that would offer a glimpse of the inside of at least one of the flowers.  Cheers, Micheal

Michael, I thank you for stopping by and expressing your opinions.  I have noted what you have had to say and value your opinions.  However, Some of your statements reflect your personal style.   Personally, I feel flowers to be a mostly feminine structure, and need that fine line between sharp and "fuzzy" carefully straddled, just like any other feminine portrait.  I took a bit and visited your portfolio.  I viewed your flowers, and yes many are quite sharp, just like what you would find, in a textbook.  This image though is every bit as sharp as your "Yellow Hello". 

Next, short of destroying this spray of flowers (it was not mine to do such), it would have be impossible to show the multitude of ornate lips that I have, and included the depths of even one throat.  A lot of complex flowers have particular aspects that are the show point in their being.  In the tulip it is the throat, but in the orchid it is primarily the labellum(possibly in concert with the sepals, depending on species or variety).  I found the lips on this type of flower to be the most photogenic.

Finally, one of the primary reasons I chose this particular spray was for the depth of its color.  It stood out from the rest of the plantings.  Was it a sport or was it a variety, I do not know.  My knowledge of foxgloves is small, not growing much in my climate, much like fuchsias.  I live in a hot interior valley, but was visiting a cool, northern, foggy, coast.  But I can assure you that this particular specimen was all that.

So it seems we are unfortunately prone to disagree, at least on this image. I must say it has been enlightening for me though, to find out some of the criteria for my low ratings from time to time, on images I find attractive.  Please do not take this negatively, it has been a learning experience.  Again, I truthfully thank you for your visit.

-Dave

the reason I prefer (at least most) flower pics sharp and clear is that it displays the beautiful details better (than soft images).  You are correct that my "Hello Yellow" is also soft.  The pic was taken with one of the cheapest digicams available.  The flower pics that I took with the dSLR are sharp(er).  If a perspective that would also allow a peek inside (at least) one of the flowers was not available, so be it.  I know it can happen.  I just commented that I would prefer it.  Cheers, Micheal