water lily

[Artdrea]

what can i do to make this picture more interesting i think the whites are a good shade and not blown out and i want to show that off how should i crop, edit and or show case this?

for DPS water lily.jpg

EXIF
F/stop 5.0
Shutter Speed 1/500
ISO Speed 64
Flash off

[tat2matt]

I would crop the image just to the right of the flower itself, and just below the reflection in the water. Make the flower off-center, use the darkness of the water in-between the lily pads to draw the diagonal attention to the flower. (I'd demonstrate the crop, but I don't have any editing software here at work.)

[CJWilkes]

I don't think cropping will be the biggest help - I think the angle is what is hurting the image. It is as if it is turned way from the camera and that is what is not making it a spectacular shot. The angle.

[AgBeard]

Originally Posted by CJWilkes

I think the angle is what is hurting the image. It is as if it is turned way from the camera

I agree that the angle is a problem - BUT a problem that can be resolved some what by cropping at an angle to 'turn' the flower around. If you used PTLens you could rotate the flower. These are all rescues & will not be as good as getting the flower to 'look at the camera' during the capture.