flowers Untitled

Great textures!

Excellent control of lighting; beautiful texture! What a stunning piece of art! Nice work, Richard.

Richard, I love this best. Excellent lightings. Looks real good & cool in B/W.

i perfer this rose than the other one. excellent lighting and very classic.7/7

Great lighting, shadows and detail.

otra forma de ver la foto..... excelente

This is a really nice photo Richard. I do however have a question. As nice as this photo is, I'm not sure I agree with all 7's so far for originality.

 

This is not meant as a "sour grapes" comparison, but as an honest attempt to understand how I can improve my own photos (and scores). I shot recently a black and white flower photo and it received a nice group of responses but did not score anywhere near as well as this did especially in originality.

 

The photo I'm referring to can be seen at: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3368516

 

I have posted other flower shots and it is not uncommon to receive one or more "3's" from some anonymous raters for originality. Seems like there is a certain group of raters that deem flowers shots as unoriginal to begin with, which is discouraging after posting a new image.

 

Again, I'm truly interested in a comparison of the two with respect to what makes one flower shot more "original" than the other.

 

Thanks,

 

Tom

para pensar como pude ser en color.... nos vamos a la otra.

The rose may be art's most popular subject over centuries. The reason lies here in this beautiful photograph -- in a handful of space you've captured line, curve, texture, tone, detail and light. I am inspired. Peace, C.

i love how you took this picture great lighting and it really stands out i love it!

~ julie granville~

Superb!

!!!7/7

Thanks for your visits & comments, best view larger please.

Beautiful image Richard, even though we are used to seeing rose shots in colour, this image works great in B & W, and great B & W work it is too. Well done.

Un excelente b/w, perfecto detalle, luz y texturas. Saludos

An excellent bw flower shot with marvelous tonal quality and fantastic light-effect. Regards.

Fantastic image! Superb light, detail, grayscale tonality and contrast. The light reflecting off the water droplets adds interest and highlights. 7/7

excellent! 7/7

Richard, nice work! the light is perfect, the DOF and detail just right. The rose is not an original subject but your professional presentation here makes it so.