----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Bladt"
Subject: PESO: Eight O' Clock Flower
I'm sorry if I have posted this image before.... http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/2828279/
I entered a local competition with this. The judge didn't like it - at all.
He said the lighting was bad. That's what bothers me: Is it really wrong to
try to just photograph something the way you see it? As I opened my front
door one morning in late August (the day after I received my new *ist D), I
noticed this flower, which I believe it is a weed, not a "culture" flower. I
shot it right there - from my doorway - as I saw it - that fine morning. My
front door is facing east, so naturally, it's back lit! The almost-black
background is just the shadow-side of my hedge - noting artificial/arranged.
Some people get into a syndrome where the light has to be coming over the left shoulder or they aren't happy.
I think it's a nice enough picture.
William Robb
