Alive
by scab-lab

Comment:
Very pretty... great focus, nice macro good use of a large DOF. The coloring is great and I like the fact that you didn't put the stamens exactly in the middle though they are centered they are more down then up. Very interesting take on a common subject. Nice job.

Tropical banana leaf
by xertion

Comment:
I love the detail in this photo... very nice macro. Good composition, and I'm glad you didn't pick a perfect leaf as those little blemishes add to the photo. Very nicely done.

Texas Native
by cmrk74

Comment:
This is pretty cool... to me they don't look to sharp, but I'm sure they are. Nice use of DOF here.... I also like your composition. I might have cropped down just slightly from the top, but not too much. Interesting photo and NO FLOWERS! Good luck!

Firmly footed
by drydoc

Comment:
The entire photo looks a little washed out to me. I would have tried getting down on the flowers level and shot from there instead of just looking down at them, it would have made them look bigger. Also I would have came in closer on whichever you intend to be your subject (the shoe?) as right now it is very busy.

Dandy Lion
by LanSnake

Comment:
Very clear and nice... excellent macro... truly wonderful. Nice job! I didn't know that dandelions were that pretty! Hey did you rub it on your chin?? :-) I wish you would have gotten the tips in of the flower, but it's not that big of a deal. -8-

Michigan's Spring Beauty
by connie

Comment:
Looks like you got pretty low for this photo? Nice perspective... I like your composition a lot. Nice use of DOF, nice with the darker background. Overall a very nice looking photo, It doesn't hit you with a WOW... but technically it's quite good. -9-

Spring Surprise - where's my red tulips?
by BJ

Comment:
The lighting here is kind of akward, you have the very lit subject... and then the darker subject... I don't care for that. I think it might have been better if you had a different DOF, maybe gotten down and focused on the well lit subject with the dark ones sort of out of focus in the background? Just an idea... good focus though... glad you used three. I don't think there was a need for a border here... and especially not a purple one, but I'm not big on borders.

Tropical Flower
by StevePax

Comment:
To me the subject does not take up enough of the photo, and the brightness of the upper left hand corner detracts from the subject. I would have tried cropping tighter. Also the subject is very centered, and kind of boring as it mixes in with the rest of the photo... Just for fun try some different crops. It's not a bad photo, it just needs to be played around with a bit more.

Bluebells
by mbardeen

Comment:
Great use of contrasting colors to make your flowers pop out. I like your use of DOF here... Unfotunately the photo looks rather centered to me... I would have made this a vertical pic... which would also have gotten rid of the distracting white (flower?) thing in the right hand corner. Watch where the lighting is falling...

3-D Botany
by dsidwell

Comment:
I think you didn't read the rules clearly that states you can't put in extra words and you can't do spot editing. If this was done in camera, then I apologize for that statement. I guess I'm not very big on the lightness of parts and the brightness of others.. sorry.