Life's Encounters
by JPR

Comment:
Excellent photograph. I believe this is my favorite in this challenge... great work :) -= 10

What's the Point?
by Konador

Comment:
Ben, this is good work as usual :) I think that if you crop about half of the dark area of the bottom, it works nicely also :)

Walk a mile in my shoes...
by WILDBLUE

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

We no longer offer critique when there is no exposure information or photographer comments provided.

However, I could mention a couple things here... The crop seems just a bit tight and the angle could be stronger with a bit of a diagonal composition. The seem is also visible in your background. This can be worked around by using flexible posterboard or white paper to create a smooth bend rather than a crease...

Even beauty has its imperfections.
by jspencer1962

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

This composition is fairly plain with no particular elements of strength. The background seems to be a bit contrasty as well. I think a closer composition that removed the background completely would work best in this case.

This shot is also out of focus. I think that was probably one of two major contributors to the score being on the low side of average. The second contributor is that I believe you missed the theme of the challenge.

Flower photography is something that I hope to get better at. I have been practicing with it and making a few strong photos. It's about like working with any other subject... look for interesting angles and something that is not your normal point of view...

A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
by FullyFocused

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

This photo seems to meet the challenge without much problem at all. I think it falls short photograpically for one primary reason. The image contains no depth or texture. These elements certainly are not requirements for a photograph, but they do seem to work nicely together to create more visual appeal.

I also think the depth of field here may be too shallow and in the wrong place. I can't really do anything but guess at that since the exposure data isn't posted with the image.

The score you received seems to indicate that the general population did not find a high level of interest in the image. I think the composition and subject choice probably contributed to that. It's rare that two-dimensional images do well here. You need that third dimension of depth :)

purely medicinal...:)
by dc broughton

Comment:
This is in poor taste. Why didn't you just photography yourself smoking it? The burning aroma is much stronger and would meet the challenge a lot better.

What's up?
by sahko

Comment:
excellent work... = 10

In the Gym
by karmat

Comment:
Good work here... I like what I see, but for some reason, this shot begs for color :)

Can you smelllllllll what 'The Rock' is cooking?
by mquesnel

Comment:
I don't understand this one at all.

by a creek in the Australian bush
by amwab

Comment:
too small to evaluate.