B&W artichoke

[deliriumsfrogs]

I recently posted another picture from this series...but I think I've decided this is my favorite...just wondering what you thought.. thanks for the feedback.

[Mr Yuck]

I've never seen that angle on an Artichoke

Very cool. Simple, bright. Great textures. The twine adds a lot IMO.

[gahspidy]

I like the image. There is a certain artistic quality to this due to the overall composition and also the b&w. I like the "negative" white space up in the left frame. I would have liked to see a little more sharpness throughout, especially on the twine area. I get the feeling there was some diffused lighting or soft focus effects used?
A bit more sharpening and possibly a very slight contrast increase I think would help, but I really like this .

[deliriumsfrogs]

thanks for the comments and insight! I really appreciate it.

[GB1]

Like Gary mentioned, it certainly has an artistic feel to it. But I still find the same problems that I saw in the prev. artichoke posting: too shallow a DOF, blown out background, and a composition that I'm not really thrilled about. I'd try a reshoot and add some more DOF, see what you get.. The black and white rendering of it is fine.

GB