Daisy Daisy, Give me the skies so blue...

[Ginger Pixie]

Same subject... different composition.

Which works best?

Any other comments / suggestions for improvement appreciated. Thanks

Camera: Canon EOS 450D
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off

Camera: Canon EOS 450D
Exposure: 0.003 sec (1/400)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 100
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off

[summrchild]

Overall i like the colors and exposures of both photos. Great angles also! Personally I favor the first one.The bottom picture would be better if the bottom daisy had been alive.

[FJT]

Much prefer the first one - colours are great and I like the angle. The dead daisy is very distracting in the second shot - it draws my attention more than the live flowers.

[Trader]

I like the first one also. I think it would improve if there were more clear blue sky. Like if you removed two of the brown things.

[JGennuso]

The crispness, colors and lighting are phenomenal! Love these shots! I really enjoy the angle of the first one.

[Nicole]

Great light and colours on both. But I'm going to go against the crowd and say that I prefer the second one. I like the second one because it doesn't seem as busy to me and because I actually like the contrast between the live and dead flower. I just think that the flowers stand out more in the second.

[Ginger Pixie]

Originally Posted by summrchild

Overall i like the colors and exposures of both photos. Great angles also! Personally I favor the first one.The bottom picture would be better if the bottom daisy had been alive.

Originally Posted by FJT

Much prefer the first one - colours are great and I like the angle. The dead daisy is very distracting in the second shot - it draws my attention more than the live flowers.

Originally Posted by Trader

I like the first one also. I think it would improve if there were more clear blue sky. Like if you removed two of the brown things.

Originally Posted by JGennuso

The crispness, colors and lighting are phenomenal! Love these shots! I really enjoy the angle of the first one.

Originally Posted by Nicole

Great light and colours on both. But I'm going to go against the crowd and say that I prefer the second one. I like the second one because it doesn't seem as busy to me and because I actually like the contrast between the live and dead flower. I just think that the flowers stand out more in the second.

Thanks everyone, your thoughts are much appreciated.

I like contrasting views, it gives me something to think about! I was pleased with both for different reasons, and I'm glad that someone liked the contrast between the living flower in the spotlight, and the dead one in the shadow.

I probably will play around with photoshop at some point, but these (and two others with a butterfly on) were my first out of the camera shots that I was actually pleased with. Usually I have to tweak something, be it a quick crop or a major RAW rescue package. So I was interested to see if anyone liked my photos just as they were.

I was pretty lucky that the lighting was so lovely that day. It makes a change from white blank skies!

Cheers guys. If anyone else has an opinion, I'd love to hear it.