Hearts

This was taken outside next to a building on the north side about

10AM. settings: aperature priority, f4.0, 1/320, exposure bias -1.33,

focal leng 14.20mm, metered center wted, normal contrast and

sharpness, auto white balance. Bachground PS removed, otherwise

normal PS post processing(curves, levels and contrast)

 

Suggestions for more clarity, overexposed areas, artistic impact

would greatly be appreciated as I am very new to photography and

still learning technical aspects as well as the of it. Thanks and

happy shooting, Dave

Since you so sincerely wanted some feedback on this....here goes. Not that I'm that qualified to tell you because I'm very new at editing myself and I have a very primitive editing program that doesn't allow me to do much. But maybe try a couple of things with this. I love the asymmetry of this shot, but I'd still consider cutting a bit off on the left side and maybe a bit off the bottom. And can you sharpen it up just a bit? I actually love the light on the upper blossoms....the over-exposure here doesn't bother me because I love the reflected light with the dark background. I wish I had taken this shot. Good job!

Crystal, I really appreciate your ideas. I will post new versions for crituque to see what happens. This one of them is attached. Happy shooting, Dave

Another idea.

I love your 3rd version where the blossoms are bigger.....that really makes an impact, and it's actually quite a romantic photo. Now that the flowers are larger, I think you could afford to leave a bit more black background around the edges for balance. Then I think you have it! The blooms looks so soft and delicate......that was a great idea. The 2nd version I didn't like as well.....a little too overprocessed maybe? So in order of preference. #3 #1 #2 Good work on this! Thanks for allowing my input.....I learn in the process because it challenges me to figure out what works and what doesn't.