Hibiscus with Pollen
by dahved

Comment by quiche:
It's an okay photo, just not particularly original.

Hibiscus with Pollen
by dahved

Comment by Caravela:
too much red

Hibiscus with Pollen
by dahved

Comment by WriteHeart:
Great macro. Very sharp and the colors pop. 9

Reflecting
by dahved

Comment by dahved:
Terry,

Thanks for the insightful comments. I agree with you; I guess I hurried too much getting this image submitted.

David

Reflecting
by dahved

Comment by ClubJuggle:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I like the unique perspective provided by the 45-degree angle. Still, my first impression was that something seemed "off-balance" about the composition. I've been looking at it for a little while, and experimenting with different crops, and I've figured out two things which bother me about the composition.

First, the small bit of roof visible in both corners seems to break the repetitive flow of the image, and seems to serve no real purpose. I would have preferred to see this zoomed in closer, or alternately, cropped tighter.

Second, while you were careful to have the horizon line flow from one corner to the other, it appears you may not have been as careful with the other two corner. Recomposing (or, alternately, re-cropping) with a set of pillars running from corner to corner seems to strengthen the symmetry of the image.

As a more minor point, it looks like your horizon line does not quite run corner to corner. It may have been worthwhile to rotate the image slightly to correct that.

Black and white was a good choice here, as it focuses the viewer on the lines and patterns. I like the decision to shoot at an angle here. Too often, people do that because "it's artsy" without having a reason why. In this case, you had a good reason why, and the effect you were going for with it worked.

~Terry

Reflecting
by dahved

Comment by summerlovin:
cool! 6

Reflecting
by dahved

Comment by ZeppKash:
very nice, almost wouldn 't have known it was a reflection without the title.

Reflecting
by dahved

Comment by eamurdock:
This is an interesting and ambitious shot; the strong angle is risky. I don't know that it works for me... The vegetation is also a bit busy.

Reflecting
by dahved

Comment by RPvanderHilst:
Very nice cropping!

Inflation
by dahved

Comment by sfalice:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Nice colors, good composition. Unfortunately, it does have a good deal of foreground blur and that does often distract from an image.

It is a little difficult to find the 'story' in this image, even though we know it's the bubble, because the bubble is hard to find.

I would love to see this image with a good sharp area all the way through the bubble. A sharp blue arrow going right to a luminescent bubble would be pretty darn nice.

The background blur is fun and I think it adds to the composition.