Sunday Garden Section - Adding Unique Color To Your Garden
by Neuferland

Comment by photom:
A great specimen - and yes, I can believe it could be in some small town newspapers. But oh - the lighting really was not your friend here. You sould try it again with an umbrella or diffuser - or at some time of the day with out such harsh lighting.

Sunday Garden Section - Adding Unique Color To Your Garden
by Neuferland

Comment by melismatica:
Your headline would be more convincing if this were not an extremely commonplace flower. If you are going to use the word you unique in the headline your content better deliver or your readers will feel cheated.

Photographically, this is a pretty run-of-the-mill composition to stand out amongst the skads of flower shots seen on DPC every month. The overhead midday lighting is literal and dull.

Blue Eyes Crying
by Neuferland

Comment by scrum8:
Good capture of the emotion. I think the depth of focus was to shallow.

Blue Eyes Crying
by Neuferland

Comment by HBunch:
The area to the left of his eyes, is distracting. Everything else around him is light colored, then the black shapes to the left really stand out. Moreso than his eyes I'm afraid. Looks like the lighting is a bit harsh on his shirt to the right of the photo, and a bit dark on his forhead. focus and clarity are good, and I like the detail. ~Heather~

Blue Eyes Crying
by Neuferland

Comment by photom:
A very compellling child - and nice portrait. The whitest, brightest areas on both sides at the top compete for attention - which is unfortunate. It's a very good example of selective desat.

Sunday Garden Section - Adding Unique Color To Your Garden
by Neuferland

Comment by Cam:
That would go real well in the garden section of the paper. Pretty.

Sunday Garden Section - Adding Unique Color To Your Garden
by Neuferland

Comment by djscarrd:
Nice but the shadows from all the leaves kinda takes away from the picture.

Sunday Garden Section - Adding Unique Color To Your Garden
by Neuferland

Comment by NicNic101:
very nice

Sunday Garden Section - Adding Unique Color To Your Garden
by Neuferland

Comment by airatic:
This is a stretch, but I'll let it slide for creativity. I can at least think of an article that might follow, on raising this type of flower perhaps.

Sunday Garden Section - Adding Unique Color To Your Garden
by Neuferland

Comment by superdave_909:
color seems a little over saturated