I like the concept, the composition, the exposure, and the color. There are a couple things I would do differently. The sharply focused blossom appears detached from the background and floating. That's great if that's the effect you were trying for. I'm guessing that the goal was to draw attention to the upper blossom but with a natural look. If that is the case antialiasing and lightly feathering the selection would yield a more seamless merge with the background. I'm not sure if this was cut/paste or selective blur but the AA and feathering works either way. Also I would reduce the image size slightly so you don't have to scroll or press F11 to see the full image on the popular 1280x1024 screen. Overall I still like this shot.

bert

Donald Bryant wrote:
> I like the concept, the composition, the exposure, and the color. There are a couple things
> I would do differently. The sharply focused blossom appears detached from the background
> and floating. That's great if that's the effect you were trying for. I'm guessing that the
> goal was to draw attention to the upper blossom but with a natural look. If that is the case
> antialiasing and lightly feathering the selection would yield a more seamless merge with the
> background. I'm not sure if this was cut/paste or selective blur but the AA and feathering
> works either way. Also I would reduce the image size slightly so you don't have to scroll
> or press F11 to see the full image on the popular 1280x1024 screen. Overall I still like this shot.
>
> bert
>
Thanks for your comments Bert, I missed them when you posted them.
I do not know what antialiasing is. This has only been cropped and unsharp mask applied.
I take your point about resizing, will do later.