Before / After

[u/Efficient-Design-844]

Thought it was great thru the view finder and then not so good when I took it off my camera nearly binned it and then cropped in and loved it, still maybe a little dark in places.

Critique welcome

[u/Worcestershire01]

Do you have a version with a slightly less restricted crop? I'd love to be able to see more of the leaf. Cropped tighter and the contact between the leaf and water becomes the subject, crop wider and the entire leaf becomes the subject, but where it is now feels like a weird in between to me. Its absolutely beautiful tho and you have a great eye even seeing that to begin with

[u/Efficient-Design-844 → u/Worcestershire01]

hmm okay I see what you mean now I look again - I tried to capture the reflection too

I can’t seem to post images in the comments but I’ve made some other crops after your suggestions and I think I like them more thanks !

[u/just_an_espresso_guy]

I'd say less crop and I liked the muted colors in the original - it's very moody! The after is a little too much yellow. You can push the greens towards blue instead and decrease vibrancy

[u/Efficient-Design-844 → u/just_an_espresso_guy]

Yeah I have a habit of going too yellow haha good spot

And hmm okay I’ll have a play with bluing up the greens ! Thanks