July Image - Green Campions

How I did it -

COMMENTS:

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Jim Hawkins	As soon as I saw this it made me think of Frank's work a couple of times back that was based on a negative (inversed) image.  This works very nicely.  I like the way you take the viewer's eye from the border into the blossom images using color.
Claudia Peterson	Nice mood to this image. It is a bit chilly for a flower scene, but no problem. The white streaks criss-crossing the background behind the flowers is distracting. Perhaps a little cloning. Nice that you did include "3" flowers. I enjoy that one is in shadow and also more subtle. Clever idea.
Elli Kraizberg	Great. It is my view that you should start with "curves" until by trial an error you will get a desired effect with richer color tones. Only then I would play with hue and Saturation to obtain fine tuning .
Nancy Parker	.
Frank Crommelin	Great interesting Image, excellent color and composition and presentation. The only thing that I might try is to tone down on the white petals to give it a softer look. This would look great hanging in any room.
Andrés Canepa	Composition and framed are ok. The background texture is pleasant. Pop color adds creativity.

Ian Ledgard - Biography I am a retired Chartered Forester having spent my career mainly with a private company in the UK. I live close to the small market town of Llandeilo in South West Wales a scenic area with strong historic connections. My interest in photography was stimulated by my father who taught me how to develop and print shots taken on a Box Brownie in a makeshift darkroom in our home. Through the years I have progressed through black and white, colour transparency, E6 home processing and Cibachrome printing. I took up digital in 1999 scanning prints and negatives for a couple of years before taking the plunge into digital capture. All my work has been in Photoshop and I print using Epson printers. I have always been more interested in producing images than in the latest piece of kit and so all my equipment is relatively modest. I firmly believe in taking pictures which I enjoy; if they are also appreciated by others then that is a great bonus. I hold a Licentiateship of the Royal Photographic Society (LRPS) am an Associate of the Welsh Photographic Federation (AWPF) and have gained a first EID colour star. I regularly judge club and inter club competitions throughout South Wales and for the last five years have enjoyed some success in International Salons.