Man, this lady's the queen of macro flowers (and much much more)Overcast day with patchy blue sky, wet ground, poppies looking a bit tatty and blowing in the wind. Said poppies were in a garden on the side of a major road. Got some very strange looks as I crouched low trying to get a shot facing up, missing the powerlines, incorporating some wee bit of blue sky. Needless to say I got a lot of shots that would have been great for a blur challenge.
Cropped, enhanced the colours with adjustment layers, cloned out a tatty bit on the petal, sky was a kinda murky greyish so selective colour added a touch of blue. Resized, usm.
Kudo's to Ursula. Your images are simply divine!
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Love the bold and vibrant colors of those oranges in contrast to the cool sky blue of the sky. While the colors are bold and vibrant I think they could be a bit deeper and richer in hue - mayhap adding a bit of Contrast Adjustment would make those hues richer in color. You have some nice details in the texture of the flower. It looks like you might have had a challenge with the wind as that the bottom petal is folded over and looks soft in spots - like it was blown by the wind. It may seem small but since this is a macro all the fine elements of a small object begin to play a larger role/visual impact within the composition. That downturned petal detracts away from the flower because most of the petals are flowing in the opposite direction. The downturned petal is not the normal flow of the petals so it seems that it is against the grain. I would have liked all portions of the flower to be in sharper focus. Perhaps waiting for a lull in the wind so that it did not curl that bottom petal down and blur that portion would have made for a stronger composition.
Nice photo. One area in which the original excels though is in the green and blue background framing the subject. The background isnt as strong in your photo.
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