What I like:
The balance of the image. I like how the bud recapitulates the color and position of the butterfly.
What I don't like:
The image appears almost two-dimensional -- quite flat. I used fill flash and perhaps this has obliterated the texture that gives objects their dimensionality. Background is BORING! Looks almost like poster board. Would selective dodging and burning help?
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What I LIKE about it is the flatness . Reminiscent of Japanese prints compositionally. I might -- might -- look at cropping it every so slightly more tightly, to increase the tension at the edges.
ReplyDeleteMichael --
ReplyDeleteI do love your composition. The softness of the pink with the green is very peaceful. What I believe it needs is some rear lighting to make the subject separate from the background and pop. I wouldn't crop it at all.
Lou
Thanks to you both for your comments.
ReplyDeleteInteresting comment about Japanese prints--I am very flattered. Two of my first and most significant influences, compositionally, were Hiroshige and Hokusai.
As far as cropping is concerned, my concern was that I had cropped TOO tightly...
I had not thought of backlighting--that certainly would have separated the butterfly from the background. And easy to do with the Nikon R1C1