Daisy... Daisy... Daisy...

I have done a square cropping of this too. Please tell me which of the croppings you prefer.

Which cropping do you prefer ... this one or the square? Your

thoughts are very welcome.

I love the almost monochrome effect of the muted colours with the bright orange mirrored in the flowers and the melon. The lighting and composition is wonderful and I much prefer the rectangular cropping.

 

Thank you for sharing it with us!

Very well done stilllife. Great composition and handle of lights.

Excellent lighting and composition, color tones are beautiful too. I prefer the rectangular cropping. I like this empty space on the right, to me it makes the whole image more balance. Very nice Bente.

Same here, I prefer the rectangle exactly for the same reason. The dark empty space adds a bit of piece and tranquility.

Really nice still life. I'm usually a big fan of square but in this instance I prefer the excess of dark in the image which the lanscape version provides. Just my 2 cents... This is beautiful!

Love the square versiopn, too.

Morning, Bente! I'm with the others on this...the rectangular crop works best...the negative space adds to this image and is missed in the square crop.

 

Les

Beautiful still life Bent, the original upload has more " breathing space", but the square brings the composition closer, so each version has its merit.

Lovely image, well composed as is all your other still life work. This one works both ways for me, however I prefer the rectangular version. I think it benefits from the extra shadow area. The extra space allows the black lines created by the very dark shadow areas between the planks to lead the eye back to the subject. Love the pattern created by the ribs on the melon and the way the shape of the melon is echoed in the handle of the metal jug.

I'm also in the rectangular crowd. This is a lovely image with great light and shadows. It is one your trademark still lifes. Well done!