Discarded

[El Sid]

Discarded by Nigel Hayes, on Flickr

[Bill53]

I don't normally like colour popped images but this one is very well done and makes the flower head really stand out against the BG, nice work Nigel.

[Trev B]

I like that, something I've never attempted - well done Nigel

[ST-EOS]

Nicely done Nigel, it works well, I can see a potential square crop working to remove a bit of the RHS.

[El Sid]

Thanks everyone.

I try not to do too much colour popping as it became something of a cliche when digital really began to take off. I also find that it's only works on a limited range of images; mostly those which have a limited colour palette to begin with - this one for example was mostly rather dull, dried out, greens with only the rose adding any real colour. It also helps to already have a definite subject, eg the rose, in the picture rather, than was all too often the case, trying to use colour popping to create a subject where none existed.

Don't think I dare crop this one down any more Peter as it came from my D30... I've already sacrificed about half the picture - any more and I fear you'd be able to count the pixels...