This is a nice image. I wish you could have gone closer to avoid the background creating a more unique vision of the petals instead of the whole flower and the environment.   Posted: 11/04/2024 18:34:49

Love this composition Ally, and the color combinations.

If you look closely there is a halo of light with a bluish tinge around the main flower, which is not unusual for backlit photos. If you're comfortable with Photoshop I would duplicate the photo in a second layer, set that second layer blending mode to darken, then mask out the halo using clone and the green background as paint.

Hopefully setting the blending mode to darken would keep the green from bleeding into the pink flower as you paint but would make the transition from the flower to the background a little smoother.   Posted: 11/05/2024 20:51:38

Such a pretty scene! Love the colors, lighting, and slightly dreamy look. I do realize that the assignment was for a close-up, and we expected close-ups. But I do think the petals in this image stand out as the point of the picture. We are allowed to interpret the assignment, especially when we can't make the image for whatever reason. In this case, I suppose you could have cropped way in to just the flower.   Posted: 11/12/2024 20:13:28

When I put your image into Photoshop, I did NOT see the blue fringe. I was going to give you a before and after photo using the defringe tools but there was only the white backlit line around the petals. I'm stumped!   Posted: 11/12/2024 20:15:11