This is a branch from my friend’s garden in Germany. I have been working on this for the last 6 weeks and hit the wall. I think the focus on the apples are diminished by too many leaves, but don’t know what to do. Please help.
Hi Machi! The apples are gorgeous! The composition is really nice, but I see what you mean about there being a lot of leaves. One observation is that there is a lot of contrast on the leaves, which I don’t expect and I find distracting. I would tone down a lot of the bright white highlights. Also, if you frame this piece, I would consider cropping the image with the matte. It would basically be cropped to be a square image with leaves running off the sides as it all ready does on the top. That would also emphasize that the apples are the focal point.
This is a branch from my friend’s garden in Germany. I have been working on this for the last 6 weeks and hit the wall. I think the focus on the apples are diminished by too many leaves, but don’t know what to do. Please help.
Hi Machi! The apples are gorgeous! The composition is really nice, but I see what you mean about there being a lot of leaves. One observation is that there is a lot of contrast on the leaves, which I don’t expect and I find distracting. I would tone down a lot of the bright white highlights. Also, if you frame this piece, I would consider cropping the image with the matte. It would basically be cropped to be a square image with leaves running off the sides as it all ready does on the top. That would also emphasize that the apples are the focal point.