The Visitor
by LN13

Comment by DrAchoo:
OK, it's our buddy the magnolia again. You can see how the composition changed your score. This is nicely off centered and the petals don't look quite so mangled in the center.

If you used a flash on this, I think I can see a slight blue cast to the picture. The reds of the morning sun are nice though and you chose a good time of the day to shoot. The background is nicely blurred although I would have tried to do something about the horizontal line to the left. It distracts and doesn't help the feel of the picture at all. Either remove whatever it was in composition, or clone it out in processing.

You did nicely to keep the bright petal from blowing completely. The little fly is a nice secondary subject as well.

Midday Magnolia
by LN13

Comment by DrAchoo:
Just a few compositional things. 1) It looks a bit too centered. 2) The leaf in the lower right corner is distracting. 3) You may have wanted to monkey with the petals or change your point of view to get more of the heart of the flower. The lighting is nice for no editing.

Another point is playing "the game". If there is a concurrent or has been a recent challenge where there are a zillion entries of one shot (i.e. flowers) your score will suffer from voter fatigue if you use it for another challenge. That has nothing to do with taking good pictures, but is a bit of advice if scoring well is important.

...for 179 Years
by LN13

Comment by Kemptonreporter:
Your horizon is slightly skew.

...for 179 Years
by LN13

Comment by pam90066:
gorgeous!

...for 179 Years
by LN13

Comment by neophyte:
Great tones and masterful comp.

...for 179 Years
by LN13

Comment by coolblue:
nice job...maybe a little too much blue for me

...for 179 Years
by LN13

Comment by maestro:
LOVE the blues in this. Beautiful still waters. A 10!

Midday Magnolia
by LN13

Comment by Melethia:
Didn't I just see this in Flowers?

...for 179 Years
by LN13

Comment by UNTITLED:
Quite literally a mirror surface...the blueness of all this is very cool. Great job!

...for 179 Years
by LN13

Comment by sevilduvarci:
very nice tone of blue, good composition.