Wow Gale! This has so much going for it! The colors and textures are wonderful! I also love the composition! You might not be done with it yet, but the color of the pith seems too white. With the cut view on the lower right, the segments look more like a flower rather than orange segments. The placement of the highlights(?) on the segments makes it look like the segments are curving up in the middle which adds to the illusion that they are flower petals. I would tone that down and play up the whitish veins that run through orange segments. But again, I say wow! This is a very striking image! Bravo!
Wow Gale! This has so much going for it! The colors and textures are wonderful! I also love the composition! You might not be done with it yet, but the color of the pith seems too white. With the cut view on the lower right, the segments look more like a flower rather than orange segments. The placement of the highlights(?) on the segments makes it look like the segments are curving up in the middle which adds to the illusion that they are flower petals. I would tone that down and play up the whitish veins that run through orange segments. But again, I say wow! This is a very striking image! Bravo!