[SharonF]

Thank you Valery. I did add a fair bit of contrast, could do some more, I just didn’t want to over do it.

[SharonF]

Thank you, Jasenka

[SharonF]

I did some already, maybe need to do more.

[SharonF]

Thank you all for your ideas. I set the black & white points, lightened the shadows, increased the contrast, added some vibrance, and cropped it.  Rather than centering the flower, I cropped off the bottom, which didn’t have much detail.  I also sharpened it a bit. What do you think?

[SharonF]

Thank you Jasenka, I’ll give that a whirl

[SharonF]

I agree, thank you Michael

[SharonF]

Thank you Valery, I agree

[SharonF]

Thank you Robert, it looks better already!

[SharonF]

Now if I could only find more time in my day.  I want 36 hours every day!!

 

[SharonF]

Thank you Rob!

 

[SharonF]

Thank you, Jasenka.

 

[SharonF]

Thank you, Patrick!

 

[SharonF]

Thank you Robert!

 

[SharonF]

Thank you, Dahlia!!

 

[SharonF]

Thanks Dahlia for your help on this image, and the help of others.  Glad you like it.

[SharonF]

I do like the composition. I agree with Mistyisle that the brightness of the white flowers (??) take away from the crab. I would suggested toning them down a bit, and maybe adding some brightness and contrast to the crab, to make it really pop.

[SharonF]

Very interesting termite mounds, which do look like gravestones. I like the path that curves through the image. Also like that you gave us the background of the mounds.  Colours in the sky are great, however I have a question. Did you replace the sky? I ask because the colours don’t seem to be behind the tree

[SharonF]

So true. I took this image a long time ago, today I would photograph it quite differently

[SharonF]

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[SharonF]

Hi everyone, I’d really like to thank you all for your very helpful comments.  It’s taken me a while to get back to this image, life has it’s quirks.  Here it is, what do you think of it now?  I wanted to keep the same aspect ratio, so I left it as a 3:2

 

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