Flower Macro

[Digidave]

Okay, Okay, I know the title isn't that great. The only name I could come up with was, "Damn Bug"! Anyways, what do you think of this shot? I cropped it so that I would still have some of the purple coloring on the right-hand side & maintain a 5x7 aspect ratio. Should I have centered the flower? I'm a huge fan of Michael Brown's stuff. Am I even close? Here's a link in case you don't know who he is or what he does.

http://macroartinnature.wordpress.com/2007/04/

[Nicole]

Nice shot Dave Haven't seen your work posted in a while, but maybe I haven't hit the right threads.

I really like the way that the background is the green and purple. And you got the "damn bug" nice and sharp. I happen to like picture this quite a bit, quite possibly because of the simplicity and everything. I can't say how close or not it is to Michael Brown's stuff, so I'll just leave that bit to someone else.

[mikem12188]

Beautiful job Dave. And "damn bug" probably is a better title but, disgression being the better part ofsomething, something, something...

You're on the road to Michael Brownness, but his pictures seem to be softer than this one. I don't know how you did this or how he does his, but he's a member here, why not ask him to help you out.

[Digidave]

Thanks for the nice comments.

Nice shot Dave Haven't seen your work posted in a while, but maybe I haven't hit the right threads.

I've been pretty busy, doing stuff around the house, so i haven't gotten out with camera as much as I would have liked to.

You're on the road to Michael Brownness, but his pictures seem to be softer than this one.

Yea, He probably uses Photoshop or something to get the effect he gets. I use Nikon's Capture NX. It can't do everything PS can but I can still do quite a bit with it. I'm pretty happy with the result I got though. It was REALLY hot & muggy when I went out to do this. Again, Thanks for nice comments.

[jiminyClickit]

Digidave,

Background colors are a good mix. MB is one terrific influence. If you try others, see what happens if you move stem of bloom (with your foot, piece of string, whatever) so that it is leaning in opposite direction of those in b/g. Just a little (like crossing your fingers) will add interest and set your subject apart.

[terryjoey]

I like it Dave. good shot.