Hi Priscilla: You have used your cell phone to its maximum ability in this picture of what I think are white Gladiolas.
Very graceful composition with the flowers running on a diagonal from upper left to lower right; then your exposure on the white flowers is perfect. Really nice lighting on the white flowers shows the texture and detail on the white petals very well. The black background supports the subject well; then the white border separates the picture area from the black web page of the circuit. It would be my preference to use a little thinner white border so it does not over power your white flowers. Really nice work...   Posted: 09/08/2023 00:16:44

This is an impressive shot of these Iris (I think) blooms. The exposure, composition and lighting are all very effective wonderful. One of your best shots. There is such a variety of shapes and layers within the blooms themselves, and your presentation displays these attributes nicely. This can work against you though, as there are so many interesting yet overlapping layers, that one looses a perspective of dimension here. As a result, the image appears a bit flat. If one were to darken selected arears, especially areas that are farther away or are slightly shadowed, this might restore a greater sense of depth to the blooms. The shading does not need to be overly dark, just sufficient to provide separation. I also feel that the bright white border here is competing with the bloom, and I might darken it some. In doing so it still provides its border function, but allows the blooms to come forward, and aids in adding depth. Finally, I feel that the top border is too close to the bloom, and that adding more space between the bloom and the top border, would serve to highlight your blooms even more. Here I have included an example to demonstrate these ideas. See what you think …   Posted: 09/17/2023 12:00:49

The glad is beautiful and I like how you have positioned it in the Rule of Thirds. I have several suggestions. From the left, crop in more and remove the "stray" green stuff. Crop to the smaller and longer leaf removing what is behind there. I would also suggest removing the green pointed piece on the bottom right. It's distracting and also removing the frame. Darken the flower to a -3 and you will have more contrast to detail. You chose a beautiful flower, gladiola, to work with.   Posted: 09/23/2023 22:22:12