festival of strawberries

[mikonyxx]

a sampling from yesterday's strawberry festival:

[daq7]

I think the shot is pretty good for the most part. .. difficult to get the foliage part to not look a bit disheveled. They yellow highlight may be just a tad too hot, but the lighting seems good in general to me. DOF too.

[Singletracklovr]

Hah, Plant City Cool Place I lived there for two years back in the late 60's
Since this is the critique section I would suggest sellecting a perfect Strawberry for the focal point. I like the bokah and deep saturation

[mikonyxx]

[daq7]

Second one has much better light control in my opinion

[Shebang]

The second one is really beautiful. I'm guessing those strawberries are gone now, but the one thing that bothers me in your arrangment (the 2nd) is that one berry on the top left. I think the eye flow through the arrangement is great until I get to that one. If it were not so squared off -- smaller berry at a different level than the one just to the right and set in a bit from the one just below -- it would be a hanger. One other little nitpick is the blue in the bg on the left. Great work!!

[PhoebeG]

I agree with most of what Shebang said. What if you cropped the second one to get rid of that troublesome berry? I think the right side of the photo is very nice.

Good shots.

Phil

[mikonyxx]

...What if you cropped the second one to get rid of that troublesome berry...
Phil

something like this...

[CaraRose]

Okay, the crops a winner.

Now I want some strawberries and cream

[PhoebeG]

I think the crop works.

Phil

[GB1]

something like this...

This one is the best IMO. But I would add a little extra negative space to the left (just add some black, no one will know the difference!). Very pretty colors, very 3D.

G