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SOOC jpeg from my XT-1/56mm. Flowers straight from the garden this morning. Stuck in a vase. Colourful. Naturally diffused window light.

Flower080914a by Ozimax, on Flickr

Love the lighting. Crop this square, though, I suspect.

Yes , getting rid of some of the RHS will help

Square with a vignette.

Here she be, almost a square as I couldn't quite get all the flower into a square.

Flower080914b by Ozimax, on Flickr

A big improvement, in my view.

Would be better in B&W.

Matt. K wrote:Would be better in B&W.

Stop trolling!! it looks great in colour...I'm not sure about the vignette though.

B&W would take away from the picture. I feel the triangular composition and contrasting colours is what makes the picture. Personally, I like a bit of vignetting because it draws the eyes towards the colours, but for some reason there is a bit of blur in this second picture that it is not present not in the first picture.

zafra52 wrote:B&W would take away from the picture. I feel the triangular composition and contrasting colours is what makes the picture. Personally, I like a bit of vignetting because it draws the eyes towards the colours, but for some reason there is a bit of blur in this second picture that it is not present not in the first picture.

True. I used a Rad vignette and it's not great. Laziness.

We need to understand and remember that it's the light that makes this image so nice.

Cropping has helped the eyes to focus on the subject matter, and the vignetting moreso.

But the lighting is beautiful and soft, and just helps the colours leap out of the photo.