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Simply beautiful John. I like the texture and soft lighting on this shot, it emphasizes the delicateness of the petals. Lovely composition also, i like the way the petals seem to emerge from the darkness. You left just the right amount of space around the subject so it looks free and unconstrained. Well done indeed. That would be a 7/7 from me. Regards - michel

Simple and sweet! Very nice. Take care

... normally I don't like the digital noise in a shot, but in this, it is like a Seurat. This is flat out gorgeous.

An effective way of recreating the experience of peering through darkness, trying to establish shape through the dim light, through the grain.

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I like this photo...it's strangely good.

It just reminds me of what a flower might look like when the sun is just comming up....I know there not usually open like that, but thats what it makes me think 'a flower at dawn' :)

... love how people will rate without looking at the shot. Forget the 3/3's. This is a great shot, John. It "feels" like thin parchment paper.

so then we ask is a flower beautiful only in relation to light? hell no. mary

Well done John!

John,

 

I keep coming back to this image, not sure what it is about it that keeps drawing me back, for it is in its very simplicity that it intriques the viewer.

 

Indeed, it feels less of a capture than a pastel, the tones and textures blending into a weave of bespoke perfection. Yet, not all is right, and I am left to ponder what could, or should, be done to render this image complete.

 

Then it strikes me: The issue is not technique; it is not lighting; nor subject. No, the issue is one of scale. For in the most subtle of images, scale invites you to enter the created world; size envelopes you, and you sense, rather than see, the image.

 

Instead of a 5 inch by 8 inch image on a computer screen, picture this work as a 5 FOOT by 8 FOOT image mounted on a gallery wall! One would see the flower at a distance as one entered the space, and then, as one approached the image, one would feel the pedals wrap around you as a grandmother's quilt on a damp winter morning.

 

Think large, and this image's very simplicity becomes its greatest strength.

 

And I would stand in line to buy a copy.

 

A 7/7 from me, only because I can rate it no higher.

 

With respect,

 

Glenwood

 

John, my first thought was it's too dark. That's truly odd coming from me -- of all people! But as I gazed at it, understanding dawned. The photo draws me in, makes me want more of the flower....and hence, the yearning for brighter. But, herein likes the beauty and the conundrum: If it were lighter it wouldn't transfix me so, would it?

 

I've learned from this photo. If I had room on my walls (covered with my own photos to study) I'd buy this and hang it!