Tell me what you think

[Grandpaw]

I framed this just like it is with the dead flowers left in intentionally for the contrast with the blooming yellow flower, Jeff

[daq7]

Nice colors. Great focus. The dead flower does not do anything for me, but I have no idea if that is considered good or not in flower shots.

[Grandpaw]

Nice colors. Great focus. The dead flower does not do anything for me, but I have no idea if that is considered good or not in flower shots.

This is one I posted about a 1 1/2 weeks ago without the dead flowers. I just got to looking at the shot with the dead flowers in it and kinda liked it. I thought it was something a little different, Jeff

[OldClicker]

I wish it coud be more isolated, but I like the circle-of-lifeness of it. Clockwise - full bloom, partial bloom, dead, what looks like it could be a regeneration phase, then the bud and back to full bloom. Without something like that as a subject, I would go way closer to fill the frame with the single flower. - TF

[Frog]

Took me a while to figure out why it was not appealing to me.
The idea is great; life/death/in-between. I just think the background makes it so busy that the theme gets lost.

[BlueRob]

Nice shot! but definitely the background takes away a lot of strength from the main subject.

[gahspidy]

Jeff, I appreciete the shot with the dead flowers included, and as Terry says there is a circle of life going on. They definitely make it a different shot and for me, allows a greater appreciation of the very existence of life.
I do feel though as Rob and others pointed out that the background is really fighting with the subjects for attention. there should be a better isolation of the subjects possibly by shooting from a different perspective where there is less goings on beihind or, hitting the main subjs with a light and reducing overall exposure so whatever is in the bg will not stand out.
nice, and good idea to included what normally is excluded.

[Grandpaw]

Thanks to everyone for stopping by and taking a look. I have to agree the background is too busy but there is still something about this that I like. Thanks again to everybody for your comments, they are always welcome, Jeff