Peachy Petal Pusher, repost

Excellent colors and I like the soft light, perfect..
Mark me down with the remove the bud group
Well done Craig

Craig, nice job on the dahlia, you folks are producing some wonderful dahlia images. I can't shoot them for beans..at least not in way that I like the results. So take my comments in the vain of a dahlia shooter wanna be When I first saw the image I really like the bottom two thirds. The main dahlia is very well captured and processed. I was having trouble with the area above the bloom. Wasn't doing much for me. However, since you are thinking maybe perhaps to remove the bud. I would consider doing that and then crop down to the tip of the leaf on the bud and introduce a vignette which will eliminate the blank space and keep the eye focused on your main subject. Just my humble $.015 worth

I belong to the group of exclude or include completely. I would not have a problem with the bud if it was in the frame completely. The way it is now, I think its better cloned out .

Love that Dahlia though. Never seen one in that coloration with White Petal Tips. Pretty.

Craig,

I'd crop down into the sepals on the bud. No other suggestions. Beautiful flower, capture and presentation otherwise.

Pat

I guess I knew all along that the OOF Bud in the upper rt. had to go. A streak of laziness set in and I wasn't looking forward to the cloning work, but.... it does look better in my opinion.

Craig, your subject flower is out of this world--fine. Way to go. Yes, please clone out the mentioned bud.

Nice, nice job.

Cheers,

Carol

What Carol said !
Mauro

Craig:
The re-post is spot on and top notch. Just love the glow and the white tips.

Yes, I guess the bg bud is a bit of a distraction but this is beautifully shot, Craig. Just the right angle on the main flower, and I like how it fills the frame.

I liked the original, but I really like the repost. The bud had to go but the crop off the top was equally important. Very nice work.

The repost works great for me Craig. That bloom is in fabulous shape. Really wonderful!

On a side note, my dahlias have been fun to shoot this year, but a thunderstorm flattened many of the stems back in July or early August. I just let them keep growing and have had some opportunities to shoot them, I just have to use a plamp to prop them up when I want to do that.

Nathan

Repost rocks!

The repost is better. Great color and light!

Hi Craig Great shot of a flawless flower The light and color are marvelous. the bud was not such a distraction. to me... but the second post is better
Albert Darmo. Canada