Natures Purple, Man's Yellow
by K-Rob

Comment:
This is a really cool photo. I love the way each element is isolated but combine to create an interesting and dynamic arrangement. The slight tilt of the ground helps to create an unsettling feeling. Nice colors and crisp lines. I really hope people give this photo the credit it deserves. -T

Metalic Aurora
by adine

Comment:
I see photos like this and I like abstracts more and more. Even though I think it is slightly dark I really like the colors and the composition. I'm not quite sure about the wide cropping though. -T

The Cosmic Vase at Sunrise :)
by ursula

Comment:
I like this quite a bit but I am wondering if adding some additional glass element would help as a reference for scale or added interest. I'm not sure though. I just feel that it needs something else compositionally. It still looks really cool with great colors.

submerged blue and orange
by deceptive

Comment:
Very nice abstract and interesting texture and design. -T

Open Wide and say AHHHH
by BAMartin

Comment:
Very clever capture. I think you could have benefitted from an even tighter crop and still show the humor. A little more sharpening would help as well. -T

New house on the block
by Jean

Comment:
Very interesting photo. I always love photos that use some sort of internal framing of a sbject. Nice colors, too. -T

The Great Escape
by wayne9232

Comment:
I'm not quite sure how you did it but you did it well. Nice composition and arrangement of the jelly beans. -T

Moonlight over the harbor
by johnmk

Comment:
Interesting colors and details. It creates a nice mood. -T

Petals
by agwright

Comment:
Critique Club critique by Tim Jensen

First off, congratulations on your award. This photo is very deserving of it.

My first impression was the gorgeous colors in this photo. It certainly meets the challenge very well. I'm sure you boosted the saturation and levels a little to make it pop out but it still looks natural. I like the highlights near the edges of the pedals. They really help to define that edge and the separation between the flower and the blue sky.

The lighting is very good in the way that it creates some nice dark shadows on the pedals and at the same time highlights the center area. Each element of the photo from the sky to the individual parts of the flower are distinctly visible with the right amount of light.

The focus is pretty good, excellent in most of the image. Since it is sharp in nearly every area of the flower I would like to see that taken even further by decreasing the aperture size to the smallest size of F8 (whatever the smallest is on your camera) to try to get that lower pedal more in focus. Hey, it's such a great photo that I am grasping at straws to come up with something to nitpick.

The composition is very appropriate. It is a common composition for these kinds of flowers but that is because it works very well. The square cropping was definitely the way to go.

You executed this image very well and produced a very clean, colorful, and dramatic photo that I'm sure would look great on just about any wall. Good job.

Tim

Burning Bush
by crabappl3

Comment:
Congratulations! This is a fantastic shot. You may have gotten lucky to see such a scene but you had the forethought to have your camera ready and properly take the shot. Seems like a good amount of skill to me. Way to go.

T