The One Who Counts Most
by sohappy_02

Comment by paynekj:
I love the intensity of the child's gaze but because of the black and white surroundings it has a very cold feel which seems at odds with the sentiment of your title.

The One Who Counts Most
by sohappy_02

Comment by burfino:
white balance is a little off.

The One Who Counts Most
by sohappy_02

Comment by moosh:
Beautiful photo

comic relief
by sohappy_02

Comment by karmat:
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

Compositionally, this shot feels a bit tight from left to right. While cropping parts of the main subject out of the frame isn't always a bad thing, in this shot, losing her elbow gives it a disconnected feeling. Since the sleeve is different from the rest of the shirt, it almost looks like someone else's arm.

Technically, the exposure is good and the focus is good. It does seem a bit flat though. Also, the lack of color in her face gives her a statuesque look (which is neither/both bad or good, depending on what you were after). There is a good continuity of "green" from the sleeve to her eyes. that kinda makes it look like the arm "does" belong to her.

Finally, while her expression may indeed be humorous, it comes across more as whimsical or day-dreaming to me. If others felt like i did, that may explain some of your scores.

Best wishes in future challenges.
Karma

comic relief
by sohappy_02

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
What's a nice girl like you doing in a challenge like this?

comic relief
by sohappy_02

Comment by unbreakable:
unfortunately this young lady is so pretty that even with a humorous facial expression her beauty over-rides. Incredible green eyes.

comic relief
by sohappy_02

Comment by quickdraw3:
Very creative - well done!

clover
by sohappy_02

Comment by macrothing:


Critique Club Critique

First Impressions
Like the concept, but for this Challenge, the circle aspect is not strong enough, especially with the depth of field used here.

Photograph Information, Technicals & Composition Review
Parts of the clover flowers are overexposed and the detail has been lost. There also appears to be neat image or some other 'smoothing' process applied, which has resulted in additional loss of detail and texture.

I like the centered composition and it works for the concept, but as mentioned above, I think that for this Challenge, it would be difficult to take an image of clover and still have it appear as a 'circle' strong enough to be a player in this Challenge. The green in the rear is slightly out of balance, but fairly minor - but does make the square crop unbalanced.

Comments, Score & Placement Review
111/149 is likely a combination of non strong circle factor as well as some of the technicals in the image. An average of 4.16 from your 7 commenters is quite low: some of those comments are helpful, especially to show you why they have scored you low and why they don't think this met the Challenge. Your overall score of 4.76 reflects that most of the other voters who didn't comment probably felt the same way about your image as your commenters.

Summary
Nice concept, wrong Challenge for it. I like that you are directly over the clover, however 'next time', adjusting your camera settings so that you can retain your nice dof, but still allow some detail in the areas that are in focus, and not have them blown, will produce a stronger image.

small and deadly
by sohappy_02

Comment by JulietNN:
Hi from the C Club!

What an interesting shot, i love all the greens with that vivid white.

You shallow DOF works really well here with this subject. But I couldn't actually tell what it was until I read your notes. . More focus on the actual insects would have helped , when i looked for a while, i could tell it was a wasp type thing and spider, but the back of the body of the wasp was out of focus. If it had been in focus then it would have slapped me in the face and screamed spider eating wasp.

Your post processing is good, just needs a little more sharpness, the colours are outstanding. So a little more DOF would have brought this score right up there.

clover
by sohappy_02

Comment by BeefnCheez:
if you put a circle around it, it fits, but it isn't a circle in the technical sense. Nonetheless my rating system gives you a 4