Hosta in Bloom
by lyta

Comment by sherpet:
Quite a charming image.....

Hosta in Bloom
by lyta

Comment by rwouthuis:
For me, this image is a touch on the dark side and I'm wishing that the DOF had been a bit greater. The focused bud is obscured by a backgrounded flower that is not in focus and for me, this makes the focused portion of the image hard to find. I think I would have preferred a more simplified view of the flowers. JMO

Girls Club
by lyta

Comment by fotomann_forever:
::: Greetings from Critique Club :::

Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.

First Impression - the most important one:
While this is technically a good photography and looks really charming, I feel that it is a bit tight to feel candid.

Composition:
Composition here is ok for a quick candid portrait, but zooming out and moving your subject more the the right of the image would have created a much stronger composition.

Subject:
Subject is clear and well defined.

Technical (Colour, focus, and light):
All your technicals are good. Colour is nice and warm. Focus is sharp (love the diffusuion BTW) and you've used light well here.

To grow its vote?:
I feel the voters wanted to see a bigger crowd for this challenge, at least that's what the results kind of show.

Summary:
Good image, great capture of this girl and really good post-process.

Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy

Girls Club
by lyta

Comment by GeneralE:
Good use of light in addition to DOF to emphasize your subject.

Hosta in Bloom
by lyta

Comment by pitsaman:
Bad lighting and boring subject 4

Girls Club
by lyta

Comment by melismatica:
Crowd? Am I the only person that needs more than one or two other people for a crowd? This is a nice portrait and you have isolated a subject from the background but there was more to the challenge then that--you were supposed to isolate a single subject from a *crowd*. One other girl does not make a crowd.

"Drop your fear of candids this week and single-out a person in a crowd as your source of composition. Use minimal depth-of-field to your advantage to help isolate your subject, and as always, be creative"

Girls Club
by lyta

Comment by focus57:
i like the one in focus and the other out of focus....makes it spot on for the challenge requirements...well seen and lovely picture

Hosta in Bloom
by lyta

Comment by pgatt:
Something's not quite right with the composition here, a bit out of balance, but the colours and the depth of field are great. 6/10

Hosta in Bloom
by lyta

Comment by C_Steve_G:
If more were in focus, I'd enjoy looking at this image longer.

Girls Club
by lyta

Comment by Brad:
Nice pose and tones here. Not really a "crowd" here though. The soft focus on the foreground girl doesn't help this a lot in my opinion and would have been a bit better had she been clear/sharp. (5)