Pink Flower
by JeremyFleury

Comment by JulietNN:
Hi from teh C Club

you asked for a more in depth comment on your shot in this challenge.

First impressions that you have a good leading line, your placement of the flower is strong and solid. You background is a nice buttery smooth feel to it. Then we get to the flower heads. I am not really sure how you got this look to it. It seems overally sharp, but not in focus or sharp at all. You have halo's going around the heads. I can not tell in your notes how you did this, maybe some smoothing? I am not sure but it doesn't work for this shot.

Your DOF and POV are strong, so try taking it again with these strong points and see what happens

Pink Flower
by JeremyFleury

Comment by PenelopeK:
I cannot tell if this is intended to be an abstract image or not. None of the flowers are in focus, and perhaps smoothing was applied. If it was intended to be abstract I think that effect should have been more extreme.

Joey
by JeremyFleury

Comment by Blackbox:
I think a vertical crop showing his paws might have made it a more interesting photo to me. Some more contrast too?

Joey
by JeremyFleury

Comment by LN13:
Wish it were sharper.

Joey
by JeremyFleury

Comment by BHuseman:
Whoa, color looks way off on this. Was it intentional to have this red cast? If so, I would have liked to have seen it without the cast. Cropping some off the left could also help. 5.

Joey
by JeremyFleury

Comment by elizadeb:
Too much "warmth" in color hues, IMHO, but great capture nonetheless

Joey
by JeremyFleury

Comment by MaryO:
Not sure the crop is working for me, here.

Lake Galena
by JeremyFleury

Comment by JeffDay:
this image has potential, good lines, composition. It seems a bit dark, and lacks a main focal point, the half boat around the bend is kind of a distraction. Good effort tho!

Lake Galena
by JeremyFleury

Comment by onejumpjohnny:
Light capture needs balancing within shadows and highlights. Colors are hidden within the darkness of the details.

Lake Galena
by JeremyFleury

Comment by Dirt_Diver:
Parts of the image are dark and hard to see detail. Try using adjusment layers and fixing the dark areas.