Maya the Bee
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Comment by Abra:
I thought I had commented on every shot this challenge but yours must have been DQ̢۪d before I got to it. A miss understanding or oversight of the rules doesn̢۪t mean this doesn̢۪t deserve comments.

This is a great macro shot that shows the difficulty required to capture as there is no way this bee was in the fridge for the last half hour to slow it down. Yes, it would have been nice to have the flower in focus too but the absolute perfect shot does not come that often in a life time and the fact you have the bee so well focused would have earned extra point s from me. This would have gotten a 7 from me. Well done!

Maya the Bee
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Comment by ThingFish:
A very lovely close-up but I hope you don't get DQ'd for having added the title to the border.
See the rules for advanced:
You may not:
"add graphics, clip art, computer-rendered images or parts of other photographs to your entry or its border during editing (except for combining photos as allowed by the multiple capture rules above)".

Maya the Bee
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Comment by love:
Text isn't allowed.. otherwise nice DoF.

- urban wall -
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Comment by dragonwarlord98:
Edgy and magazine worthy! 8

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Comment by Yo_Spiff:
Very nice, except for one nitpick. Not sure I care for the way you left the guy's jacket colored but desaturated the rest of him and the girl completely. That's not really a flaw, but falls under the personal preference category. Still gets a good vote from me.

- urban wall -
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Comment by ScooterMcNutty:
i dont really care for the selective desat imo

- urban wall -
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Comment by mrbig65:
nice one,,,,

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Comment by curtpetguy:
Well done, but the rule of odds would work here

- salto del laja -
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Comment by sarampo:
?Hola Roberto, que tal? :)

Greetings from the Critique Club!

Regarding your photo, it is important that you realize that the score does not always reflect the quality of the picture. Having said that:

The scene
Very appealing in it's whole, the composition is very good. The slight tilt is not very usual in landscapes, but it might have worked to your advantage. It gives a sense of water flow to the right of the picture.

Processing
Looking at your original, you managed to process it very well. It is definitely not eye candy, and probably that's why it placed where it did.
The high vignetting in the original, plus the post processing of the shot make it look like a pinhole camera shot. If it was the intention, you succeeded brilliantly!

The sepia tones make it very vintage, postcard like.
It is indeed dark, and in some computer screens it would be too dark for someone to distinguish the features, but the style you chose was that in fact.

The border was a good choice, it does not detract from the picture.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me.

Regards,
Joao

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Comment by colorcarnival:
I love the colortone and the highlights. Beautiful in its moodiness.