Girl & Boy Hydrangea
by Jude

Comment by psweetkity:
great use of your time/date stamp. next time you should turn it off it takes away from a nice image!

Girl & Boy Hydrangea
by Jude

Comment by justine:
Hi -I think you could of improved this shot in two ways.
Move the two large blooms closer and more focus...tripod.
Also this is a little dark, maybe boost the whites some.
Good luck in the challenge.

Girl & Boy Hydrangea
by Jude

Comment by ccraft:
A couple of pieces of advice for submitting shots to DP Challenge (to get a score above 5) - it took me a while to learn this informaiont as well:
1) never submit somethign with the date -at the very least crop the date out.
2) if you're going to shoot flowers (personally, I like flowers) go right in really close and get some sort of interesting angle (there's one of a spider sitting right inside a flower petal that is cool in this challenge - as an example - I gave that one a 10).
3) People in the DPChallenge forums are always complaining about flower shots. They say flowers are boring and have been done way too many times. Personally, I like a flower shot if it's interesting - if it has something I"ve never seen before (like the spider in the petal). You may find you get lower scores just for shooting a flower.
Good luck in future challenges - I hate seeing people get discouraged by negative comments. However, I know it can be difficult to see a low score and wonder why.
For some interesting flower shots... visit www.comstock.com and search for flowers. There are some innovative ones in there that show interesting compositions.

Girl & Boy Hydrangea
by Jude

Comment by sailracer_98:
This looks a bit underexposed. I guess nobody can question that this was taken within the challenge dates!

Girl & Boy Hydrangea
by Jude

Comment by bayonic:
i like the date stamp ... you'll never be DQ'd because of that . the focus can be improved a notch. likewise the framing.

Girl & Boy Hydrangea
by Jude

Comment by aaronb532:
turn the date off your camera! 4