I have searched through the challenge for those entries where the negative space is more than just a plain black or white backdrop because, whilst I think that technique often makes for some really strong and high impact images, I’m particularly drawn to entries where the negative space is relevant to the subject itself and actually contributes to the impact of the picture in a contextual as well as purely compositional way.
Beautiful vibrant colours and sharp detail and nice use of shallow DOF to blur the background sufficiently to reduce distraction but retain it’s colour, which matches, of course, with the focused foreground leaves, to provide context. Composition a little too centred, perhaps, but still like it. |