flower edit

[moracca]

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8156881@N03/494927900/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/189/494927900_9ce5bd7398.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="flowers-1" /></a>

after:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8156881@N03/494938090/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/193/494938090_cef17628c5.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="flowers-1-edit" /></a>

whatchya think?

[JJthethird]

I like it, it makes the focus flower stand out and also adds more (although muted) colour variety. Nice job:)

John.

[enc]

i think surrounding flowers are too much desaturated. blur should be enough .)

[wulf]

I think the concept is good but a touch overdone. I would probably have desaturated all the flowers a bit rather than leaving the subject one untouched - otherwise it looks very artificial.

I wonder it it would also help to make the blurred cluster of flowers in the background more orange than red? At the moment, they are a little distracting.

Wulf

[moracca]

How's this for a more subtle effect?
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8156881@N03/495398143/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/194/495398143_fae436118b.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="flowers-1-edit-2" /></a>
I also wanted to share this cropped version, which shows some neat detail in the petals. Never noticed those little spikes before :)
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8156881@N03/495393891/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/225/495393891_a921606204.jpg" width="500" height="424" alt="flowers-1-crop" /></a>

[wulf]

That is improved. I like the cropped version even more, although I might want to tone down the orange a bit - it is so vivid that the details are not as clear as they might be. With similar shots, I have done that by turning down the saturation a touch; it tends to make the shot more striking rather than less, eg.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wulf/155505460/" title="Photo Sharing"><img src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/76/155505460_4e56b140d0_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Red Rhododendron" /></a>

Wulf

[enc]

i like cropped version much better .)

[moracca]

I think I do too. In fact I turned it into a mother's day card :)