Calculus Leaf

[thekevinmonster]

Okay, this thread involves two pictures. They're the same subject, just different orientations. I can't decide which I like more. I like the wide-format one for the color, but the portrait one seems to focus more on the curvy leaf right in the center.

Thoughts?

WIDE:



VERTRICAL:

[JJthethird]

IMHO, Ithink that I like the wide shot better. Like you say the colour is a lot richer, although the weed/nettle on the left is a bit distracting. Whereas the vertical shot has less distraction but also less colour. You could always boost the colour a touch in whatever editing suite that you use. Nice plant though, interesting leaves. As you can see my critique as well as my photography needs a bit of work.lol.

John.

[Penny]

In my very humble and uninformed opinion the second image would make a great abstract if it was cropped tight below the bottom leaf and the saturation bumped up a bit. They're lovely leaves!

[thingy]

I see where Penny is going with that idea. I would opt for a horizontal crop of the top third and as suggested bump up the saturation. I love the lines of the leaves, especially the curcular viens (or whatever you call them)

G

[thekevinmonster]

Okay, here's a little cropping. I went with the suggestion to crop the top leaves. I also cropped out the little blurry ones on the left, leaving me with another portrait-orientation pic. I did a little iPhoto slider twiddling... more saturation, dropped the exposure to 'darken' the greens, cooled off the temperature more, bumped up the tint towards 'green'....

[clockdoc]

Very nice work! You have turned the first two into a real work of art in the third version. I could envision this hanging in an office in a poster size print.

[thingy]

Yep, good edits thekevinmonster. Looking good!

G

[rikkersc]

Very nice! I really like what you did in the final version.

[Penny]

Thekevinmonster - that's exactly what I had in mind - great minds...