DON'T LOOK !! DON'T LOOK !! Strange and dark !!

[bert]

Yes, I know, it's a tad on the dark side and maybe it's too tightly cropped.

Well...it was difficult to shoot, I took a number of shots and this was the best one.

However, the petal on the left (@ 8 o'clock) was right (well, left, actually...) at the edge of the frame, so I wanted to tightly crop the rest of it to match.

The exposure was actually a lot brighter than I have rendered here, but I darkened this cos I wanted more saturation/feeling/atmosphere.

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[Designer]

I get the atmosphere.

[John B.]

It looks good, Bert. I like the subdued leafy background.

[bert]

John !!

You mean you actually looked !?!?



Thanks, John, and thanks also for sticking up for me on the bleaching

[John B.]

Thanks, John, and thanks also for sticking up for me on the bleaching

I already knew what "bleaching" meant and I'm glad Xiu brought it up. If I had posted that comment about "no such thing as bleaching," in such huge text, and then found out I was wrong, I'd be so embarrassed that I'd have to go and delete it. When we're not sure about something, we really ought to do a bit of research before we become so verbose.

Some folks are inebriated with the exuberance of their own verbosity!

[bert]

"If I had posted that comment about "no such thing as bleaching," in such huge text, and then found out I was wrong, I'd be so embarrassed that I'd have to go and delete it."

Yes, but you have integrity and a functional brain

[Kunta]

Glad to see my thread has creeped over into this one.

[bert]

Hehehe, Kunta, cool

Glad to see you've still got a sense of humour after all this

[Dazzaone]

Hey are you looking over my shoulder bert, did some edits yesterday... hang on just realised you posted this the day before, so I might be the one looking over your shoulder, anyway I too was looking to make it darker, but also wanted to keep certain parts light to emphasis a particular area, Ill size them up today and post them. Need to get some breakfast down my neck first etc.
I like it the purple and dark foliage work well together and I think the crop suits it