One Healthy But SILLY Kid
by OneSweetSin

Comment:
cute :)

The Love of a Grandmother
by cbeller

Comment:
Something is amuck with the light or the exposure here.. is she sweating?

Family, Friends, Health,... and ripping all the turkey meat off the bones with your hands
by DiamondPete

Comment:
I understand your theme with this photo, but the visual here is a bit unsettling and not pleasant to look at :)

www.DoNotCall.gov
by Jason

Comment:
Interesting idea but not very strong for me as a photograph.

Warmth
by Konador

Comment:
Excellent work and nice light... great composition as well.. = 10

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 :)