Just For You
by Judi

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First let me say I find it a bit intimidating to critique a shot of yours, but hey, you asked for it! Though I'm not entirely sure why you asked for a Critique Club comment... :-)

Definitely met the challenge, and did so very well. For color on color you did a great job matching the color of the flower to the background (I love the explanation of how you did that), and lighting it all so that the petals do nearly blend, as some of the commenters mentioned.

Composition is nicely balanced, despite not quite being rule of thirds and the center of the flower not quite on the center line. Just goes to show that when done well, rules are made to be at least stretched a bit. The two things that make this work, in my opinion, are the green center of the flower and the stem.

I commented on a similar shot from this challenge with "too much yellow". This just barely stays under that tipping point for me - almost too much yellow, but not quite. A well planned, well executed image.

Park Bench
by gsal

Comment:
This has an exceptional quality to it. Out of curiosity - is it a composite image, a single image, or a reflection? Not that it matters - it's lovely to look at as it is!

Kitten on tractor
by scarbrd

Comment:
Oh my goodness! This is a truly laugh out loud shot! Perfect in every way.

txcapitol.jpg
by trnqlty

Comment:
I like how you can obviously read "TEXAS" at the top - first time I've noticed that in shots from here. Lovely colors and saturation.

Draw
by v5planet

Comment:
Oh, I don't know - I think it speaks quite nicely of zen.

About A Boy
by whiteroom

Comment:
A very much underrated shot, imho. Too many people probably looked for "gold" literally, when here it was, just a bit more subtly, in more than one context.

Path of Learning
by whiteroom

Comment:
I'd have to say that the little boy joining your shoot was serendipity in addition to fine zen.

The Visitor
by yanko

Comment:
Excellent macro - did you get him to sit on a yellow posterboard for you or add that in post processing? Whichever, it works very well! He has the cutest look on his face, too.

Blue on Blue Abstract
by dleach

Comment:
Undoubtedly voted low for too much red, but this is an awesome composition. I very much like it - this is the type of thing I love to shoot myself. I wouldn't change a thing about the composition - the only nit I have is the color of the sky seems just a tad purplish to me. Very nice shot!

Grass and reeds
by Bear_Music

Comment:
I like the juxtaposition of the visible grass and the reflected reeds - particularly where they almost touch along the same paths. My nit with this is that to me the green is too green. I realize it probably IS that green, but when you live where it doesn't rain, green this green seems artifical.