I totally agree with your assessment of the distracting corner above the lavender. It has been a while since I shot this (but when visiting my in-laws for Christmas, I saw the lavender was still there, moved to a different spot!). If I recall, I was attracted to the stark quality of the lavender against the plain wall, as well as the even light. Perhaps I became too focused on the saturation and sharpness and totally ignored a critical element. Now that you mention that corner, it is all I can see!!
I may play with the image again, and try your suggestion of a more gradual tonal change. Thanks for the good critique.
I rather like this picture. The corner puts me off a little though. My first thought when I saw it was 'a pot of lavender in a corner'. The existence of the corner, with its perfect verticality and definition, is too large in my awareness of this image - it distracts me from the delicacy and subtlety of the lavender, dried grass, wall and pot. Everything else is so right, so balanced - including the colour.
Fortunately it would be a simple matter to modify it from an abrupt tonal change to a more gradual one. I'm referring only to the corner above the lavender, of course.
I do hope that I have not misinterpreted your intention in making this picture. If I have, I aplogise.
Maybe it got few comments because it is a quiet picture. Quite lovely.
Stefanos, thank you for your comment. I think most people must agree with you because this image has not generated much traffic at all. I appreciate your feedback as it helps me understand a bit more.
My original goal was to create a stark image of a dried flower. I tried to desaturate the image as much as I could but still leave a bit of color, especially in the lavendar flowers. I wanted the end product to look faded and aged.
I'm not sure I achieved the goal. The original is not exactly vivid in color, but certainly has more color than is represented here.
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