Dogwood Blossom (Rebrook1-4611)

In color, the only hues were from the green foliage, with a tincture

of dull red on the seeds, and the very tips of the blossoms. It was

basically a monochrome image, so I thought it would be nice in black

and white. Do you suppose that was the right move? (see color

version as first comment). Aside from that, is the composition too

static? Is the blossom too "in your face"?

color, or black and white? No real difference?

Doug, you've lost a bit of the texture in transition. I'm not sure that a single blossom is going to work well either way. The top left is OOF with no detail, and the thing that mars the colour version, the damaged tips, make them look chopped off in the B&W. Here speaks the voice that has a lot of flower shots in its past.

Aahhh, yes, I see that in the black and white, the damaged tips.... Good point. That's the trouble with dogwoods: they're all like that to some degree: something about the way the way they open up, the tips get messed up. Every single one.

 

Without knowing it was a problem, I think I've done better on a new posting, though, but only because of the contrast with the background, which I kept a little lighter. It's the exact same specimen.

I think it's the exact same specimen. The numbers are pretty far off.