Old Cedar and Begonia

Orange is my favoritie digital color. This is a good capture...wood grain b/g is a super addition. Can you reshoot w/o that stem in llc...? I like the diagonal line of the blossoms.

Gorgeous shot Albert; nice lighting. I also like the diagonal placement of the three flowers, and the cedar makes a great BG. My only teeny tiny nit is the already mentioned stem in the LLC.

I like this kind of composition very much Albert. I'll post some alike that I shoot during the last mountain holidays. I love the begonia flowers crossing diagonally all the texture. What about cloning the stem in the LBC?
Cheers.

I like this composition with the orange begonias and the wood in the background. Nice combo! I second Gigi's suggestion of cloning the stem in the LLC

Nice, very nice Albert. I also think the cloning would work, but very well composed and presented.
Bob

Albert: A wonderful combination of elements. I very much enjoy this kind of shot in general and this one in particular. As the others have noted the empty stem does draw a lot of attention. In my growth as a photographer I've come to notice these kinds of distractions in the viewfinder more and more and will try to compose the shot in such a way as to keep them out of the frame or, if that's not possible as in a situation like this, I'm not bashful at all about trimming away the offending element, especially since the plant won't be adversely affected at all. Around our garden I routinely carry some gardening shears. Of course its our garden and I can do as I please but even in public places I've been guilty of some judicious barbering. All that said this is a well seen and captured image. Well done.>=))>

Love the effect of petals against wood grain. It works very well here, Albert. I agree wtih the stem removal, however. I'd just clone it out at this point. I think I'd also play with trimming a bit off the right side for comp, or if you have more on the left that would be even better. All in all, good color and texture as is.

Gorgeous color, and nice contrast in texture. Very well done!

Albert, one more comment for cloning out the stem. It did draw my eye before I read the other comments. After that I think you would have an absolutely drop dead gorgeous image.

Pat

A beautiful capture with the begonias by this cedar Albert, the wood adds a lot to the composition. You know about the stem.

David M. Cobb

The brilliant orange of this begonia I find so difficult to photograph, and I notice some pretty hot spots in here. The composition is so good, though. I'd like to see a repost with a try at desaturating the colors just a bit- on the begonias more than the rest-- if you'd like to.

I like the contrasts of colors and textures as well as your comp. Well executed and composed image.

Very beautiful image Albert. That cedar log is a great BG and nice contrast in color and texture to the flowers.