Bloom Without a Busy Background

[Ziggy]

[pnodrog]

Thank you Jim. It is great to see a pleasing and none distracting background.

You could try tilting the image so the stem emerges from the top left hand corner. It would probably require a tighter crop and the flower would be less central but I think it would work.

[JBW]

On both my monitors I am seeing pale streaks in the background that are distracting. That being said both the blossom and the leaves sure are pretty.

[pnodrog]

Brian has a point, there are traces of very out of focus trellis or fencing that could easily be broken up by a bit of cloning. It is not overly distracting but being a pattern once noticed does hold the attention too much. It is still nice to come across a background that is more or less under control....

[JBW]

Brian has a point, there are traces of very out of focus trellis or fencing that could easily be broken up by a bit of cloning. It is not overly distracting but being a pattern once noticed does hold the attention too much. It is still nice to come across a background that is more or less under control....

And if there is anyone who is the master of disaster with backgrounds it's me.

[Shadowman]

Nice capture.

[Ziggy]

On both my monitors I am seeing pale streaks in the background that are distracting. That being said both the blossom and the leaves sure are pretty.

I said it was not busy, did not say it was perfect.

[JBW]

I said it was not busy, did not say it was perfect.

true enough.

[IzzieK]

Ziggy..I like that rose but is it possible for you to put the green leaves in one of the corners since your have a blurred background anyway?

[bnnrcn]

I like the BG and the beautiful flower and the leaves stand out very well. I would crop the image from the top to put the green leaves to the corner , IMO the flower would be positioned better in the frame this way

[Ziggy]

Thanks all for the feedback and I think I agree about getting the leaves in the corner.

[Ziggy]

The crop.

[pnodrog]

Looks better, but I was hoping you would rotate it a bit as well.

e.g.

Not a great deal of different but it is sort of what I envisioned.

Ooops. Noticed I clipped the end off a leaf which I would have avoided if I was not hurrying...