Who? Where?
by Jean

Comment by JPR:
Wow. that's too cool. is that a kid or a statue. I need to know how you achieved this effect.

Who? Where?
by Jean

Comment by kate12303:
This photo is amazing. My top pick of the week so far.

Who? Where?
by Jean

Comment by Ziggy:
Wow! It's like a panting or something! I like the style and texture of the picture! I don't care who he is anymore! This is just so great!

All Closed Up
by Jean

Comment by Azrifel:
~~~~Critique Club Comment~~~~

Composition (content)
The right side looks really nice, red vs green and the interesting foliage. On the left side I'd rather see some more of the plant or none at all. Problem of a tighter crop is that you get such a stretched in height image. That could be overcome by cutting of the gulf-patterned part of the roof and leaving only the carrying part. I just tried it and I don't think it hurts the photo much.

Camera Work (Technical)
Good exposure and focus. Sharpness needs dome post-processing. The wide aperture has caused the roof to be out of the field of focus. 1/800s is enough to step up to F2.8 @ 1/400s or F4 @ 1/200s. Colorbalance is great.

Digital Processing (technical)
The only improvement I can think of is some unsharp mask. I tried 140% 0.4 1 on it and it looked much sharper. But sharpness is a personal preference, perhaps that you like the soft look more.

My opinion
Good, but lacks punch.

Shattered
by Jean

Comment by lisae:
This is cool. The way you composed the glass is really attractive. I like the reflections in the mirror too.

Shrivelled
by Jean

Comment by Gracious:
lovel detail

Shrivelled
by Jean

Comment by jjbeguin:
Very nice textures. This one make a great B&W (check monochrome in the channel mixer, then red:+40, green:+78, blue +12) I'm just fooling around! good job, 9

Shrivelled
by Jean

Comment by PTLParsons:
Please don't take this wrong, but it almost looks like some kind of bug or sea creature. If you had played with the colors, you could have passed it off as something other than a flower..For a photo of a dead flower it is very pretty. That was a compliment. Hate to have to explain myself all the time. I really like the inside part of the flower, and wished you had zoomed in on it. It wold make a beautiful photo by itself. As far as what you did photograph, it is well done. Beautiful natural colors, good ighting, nice cropping, good focus, borders look nice and add a finishing touch. A well done nice photo.

Shrivelled
by Jean

Comment by Gene L.:
Nice macro shot! Great color, lighting, and depth. I like the simplicity of the shot too.

Shrivelled
by Jean

Comment by vtruan:
Nice flower, but the white background doesn't do much for me..