Sibs
by dahved

Comment by Blackbox:
Kids should do well in this challenge. The look very happy.

Backyard Blooms
by dahved

Comment by ericwoo:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: Awesome. I love the detail of the petals that fade into a very interesting, blurred background. The colors of the flower play very well against the browns and greens in the background. Well seen and well executed.

Lighting: Flawless. Whites on flowers are difficult to expose right. Nice work, especially considering the detail in the browns that you still captured.

Composition/Content: Wonderful composition, and I really like the flower that you chose to submit. I like the fact that there is a great deal of beauty left in the flower, but there are also signs of death and dying creeping in. Whether or not you meant to capture a statement, you did.

My Opinion: The voters absolutely missed this one. While I have not been through all the entries in this challenge, this has been my favorite flower capture of the challenge thus far. It is surely much better, in my opinion, than many that scored higher.

Thank you for the opportunity to provide a critique on your entry,
Eric

Backyard Blooms
by dahved

Comment by landon1013:
could have used a bit bigger DOF.

Backyard Blooms
by dahved

Comment by lyn100:
Pretty but such a shame you couldn't find a better specimen.

Backyard Blooms
by dahved

Comment by lobomom:
very pretty pic, I really like the aged petals on it.

Backyard Blooms
by dahved

Comment by ineedauniquename:
I like it but I'm not sure of the browning on the petals, kinda think a few more brown petals on the lower edge would balance out better

New Life
by dahved

Comment by Tammster:
I really liked the way this turned out in black & white. I need to try that more; I think it has a nice effect. I also love the way the stemm looks. - 6

New Life
by dahved

Comment by DJWoodward:
Challenge Relevance:6 Impact/Emotion/Mood:6 Technicals:6 Processing:5.5 Creativity:5.5

New Life
by dahved

Comment by jeremygrimm:
inside of flower brighter than rest

High in the Sky
by dahved

Comment by zeuszen:
Yes, the vignette's a little one-sided.
Rotated 90º ccw, boom!, the balance is back!

I like it the way it is. The cloud, especially, is so wonderful-crazy vs. the austere minimalism of the partial arch, it makes me restless looking at it.
That's worth more to me than a couple of dark corners.