Country Rose
by rayg544

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club Raymond.

A lovely shot of the rose. Crisp. clear and what can I say about the beautiful color other than.....well.....beautiful.

A few things hurt your score here. I see where you were going with this but the angle of the shot really got into your composition. The rose seems more like it's blocking a decent subject rather than grabbing my attention as the main focal point. As someone pointed out, moving a bit to the left would've allowed more of the church to show, therefore leading us right to the rose. To get the correct exposure on the subject you had to blow the sky out. Taking this shot a bit later in the day might've helped with that. As you can tell by the ribbon winners and high score, the "Unexpected Find" really needed to be something unexpected. I'm sure many voters didn't consider a rose to be something one wouldn't expect to see.

Overall a beautiful shot with great color.

Thanks for the opportunity to critique this image Raymond.

Cheers - Phil

Dax
by ArpeggioAngel

Comment:
Another beautiful shot of a "corny" subject. Nice work!

pelican
by whiteroom

Comment:
Oh wowie wowie Lesley. Simply amazing!

When you are dealt lemons......
by maestro

Comment:
I really like this shot. The composition, lighting, capture, tones - all great. Off to my favorites it goes!

Beauty Dive
by terje

Comment:
Oh yeah! Just a stunning capture of this beautiful landscape. The colors really pop here. Nice work.

'ello
by cheekymunky

Comment:
Very nice macro indeed. Definitely looks like our perception of an alien. Good to see someone else using reversed lenses. Nice work!

Waves of Green
by sherpet

Comment:
Look at you with your second best score ever! Congrats on this fine image!

Message edited by author 2007-05-27 22:53:12.

DSC_1403.jpg
by Pedro

Comment:
Damn Pete!

Message edited by author 2007-05-27 22:54:15.

Yesteryear
by Jaded_Housewife

Comment:
Looks like Helen Ga. Overexposure works well here. Nice job.

Night Blossoms
by Nald

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club Steve!

Overall I find this image to be nicely done. Lovely subject and I like the crop and framing with the flowers here.

The lighting is just a bit much. As was said below, a touch softer and I think this would've worked better for you. I also think that a smaller aperture might have been done in order to get the foreground flowers in focus, which is needed for a portrait style image such as this. The yellow fights for my attention from the entire image which wouldn't be a big deal if her eyes were open. However, you certainly get more of an emotive feel with them closed which is nice. There is also a small white speck on her upper lip that could be cloned out.

Overall a very nice effort Steve!

Thanks for the opportunity to critique this image.

Cheers - Phil