Orchid - my first post

[Mrs Reschsmooth]

Well, Mr Reschsmooth finally convinced me, this is my very first post. Would love some C&C.

Cheers
Alicia

[Alpha_7]

I like the high key treament, but I find the bottom left flower a little distracting as its a different colour and brightness to the rest. I'm glad you're finally posting and look forward to seeing more shots from you, not just Mr Reschsmooth

[daniel_r]

beautiful. I particularly like the effect the 2 flowers at the back add to the image, almost watercolour like.

I'm going to mirror Craig's comments on the bottom left - given that it's got a high key background, you might be able to clone them out fairly easily in photoshop.

Thanks for posting, and welcome!

[gstark]

Hi Alicia,

I'd like to see a tad less EV in this. Keep the backgrund blown, but reduce the blown effect on the tops of the petals in the main subject.

Others have commented on the flower on the bottom left of the image. While you're working in that region, I'd prune the branch that extends to the lh edge of the frame from the image.

[Mrs Reschsmooth]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I actually did crop the flower and branch at one stage but can't find it. Will have another go at it.