Our receptionist always seems to have a vase full of flowers at her desk. This afternoon I was about to step outside to wander the grounds and shoot, but I couldn’t resist these colorful beauties. She told me she’d picked them up at Trader Joe’s and had told her husband to save himself $80. Gotta love it!
© Carissa Snedeker
© Carissa Snedeker
Carissa Snedeker Photography 
You don’t vignette . . . do you consider cropping? I like the composition of the first picture, with the rose in focus and providing contrast.
The second picture for me loses a little something from the empty 1/3 of the left side of the picture.
Could be just a matter of preference, but just holding my hand up to the screen to cover the left side makes the flowers pop a bit more (for me).
Again, not criticizing. Really I’m just voicing my preference as an alternative, knowing full well people have different aesthetic perceptions.
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See now, that’s where we differ. I like the balance of the open space in the second shot (rule of thirds and all that). That’s why I shot it that way. Yes, I do crop sometimes. Sometimes I straighten a horizon. I rarely, if ever vignette. Maybe I will at some point.
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What do you think of the first photo in this post? Same idea of open space to balance the shot. https://neophytephotographer.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/im-making-a-switch/
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Beautiful photos. The first one is my favorite.
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Mine as well, but the second one struck my fancy too. 🙂
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