Dead Daisy

[snoid]

Just another play with the Daisy.
I thought the dead one made an interesting shape.

[nomade]

It is interesting, but the unfocused one in the background is weighty and drawing me in. The dead one though is very attractive, like the way it's curled...

[fx101]

Hmm... could you "burn" the large one in photoshop, increase the fill light a bit, then increase the blacks a bit (to compensate from paleness when increasing fill light)? That way you will darken the distractingly bright flower and make the background a bit more green instead of black. Wonderful use of DOF though.

[OldClicker]

I like this, but would also like to have the OOF one less forceful. Is it in front of or behind the dead one? - TF

[DLB1973]

Nice work on this photo, I think it came out very well.
Thanks for posting!
db

[jamiebug]

what a cool thing to spot. I would have never thought a dead daisy would make such an interesting subject. I do agree that the OOF live daisy is a little distracting, but this may be solved by pulling the crop in a bit. If I were ps-ing this photo, I would try to bring the light up a bit...and maybe use the light to focus the attention more on the dead daisy.

When I have a photo like this, I usually mess with it in several different ways until I get the impact i was looking for.

Nice eye!

[snoid]

Thanks for all of your kind comments.
I kept the live daisy visable do show the living and the dead.
The arrangement is a bit tight, making OOF vs DOF a challenge.

[snoid]

My original post was PPed in ACDSee. No crop. I thing does yellows better than LR.
Here's one from LR slightly cropped.