[rivanprincess]

I got some roses from my fella cause he's gone skiing in France for a week Decided to use as a subject.

[JMitchell]

Decent exposure, but I think you might want to (if you can without compromising quality), crop into the centre of the rose, cos all the black business around it makes it seem darker, and distracts away from the subject.

[Rob Barron]

I totally agree with Jack here, I'd crop to the central portion of this rose. The outside is a problem for two reasons: one is the dark areas but the other is the light flowers/foliage behind the rose head, especially to the top left of the flower. It is blending with the BG too much.

Just a possible option, hope you like it.

Cheers,
Rob

[JMitchell]

Yep that's what I was thinking. I actually had a go, but didn't have time to finesse + upload it cos I'm revising for my French AS mock

[rivanprincess]

Thanks guys

i like the the revised version. unfortunately with my lens that was a close as i could get and i'm not ofet enough with the processing pacakges to make a decent stabb at latering my images yet.

[TIM]

I think a little bump up of exposure might get the subject to pop if you don't want to crop it down...

[rivanprincess]

Thanks Tim.

Do you mean completely re take the shot or alter it?

[TIM]

Retaking is almost always ideal when it comes to exposure, unless you shoot in RAW, but in this case I think just setting the white point in PS should do the trick. Will have a crack at it later if my day calms down...

[JMitchell]

I think he meant something like this:
No cropping, just levels, curves and colour balance adjustments.

[rivanprincess]

Thanks J

Appreciate your comments

ps good luck with the revision!!

[Soupdragon]

How about a pink rose?

[JMitchell]

Nice soup

Thanks Rivan, had it today! Not too bad, but the German was p*ss compared to it....

[rivanprincess]

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you then!!