Carrot Overseer
by psart

Comment by h2:
uninteresting subject, light is too harsh - not good to shoot around noon-

Carrot Overseer
by psart

Comment by kolasi:
Thats hilarious! I just went through like 20 photos of oceans and sunsets to finally bget to one about the earth! 10!

Arizona Cactus
by psart

Comment by Wink:
Simple and beautifully done.

Shape of Victory
by psart

Comment by bjoern:
Cutting off the top of the cannons is not so ideal in this picture. I think landscape would have worked better, showing more of the 3 tanks.

Shape of Victory
by psart

Comment by Hawkeye:
Interesting title and image.

Look but don't touch !! I'll break
by psart

Comment by Citadel:
Welcome from the critique club!

It look like this was actually shot with Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO Macro Super for Nikon instead of the lens listed. Focus is okay but could be sharper. With such a wide aperture (relatively speaking) Trying to focus on one flower rather than all three might be more effective. You could also raise the ISO a bit and use a smaller aperture to get more DOF. I wouldn't go with too much smaller aperture as the background is nicely out of focus and undistracting.

The petals on the yellow flower are a bit overexposed. A little bit shorter shutter speed (or smaller aperture) would probably get the exposure bang on as the rest of the shot is nicely exposed.

The challenge:
There were a lot of flower shots in this challenge so its really hard to stand out in the crowd. Flowers are quite common ordinarily so a fresh look is required to be notable. Try looking at new angles, unusual lighting, different whitebalance for instance to have a creative take on this common subject. With still life shots, especially flowers, the technical aspects have to be absolutely perfect. Take your time and really look at the shot before you snap the picture. Generally, the longer you take taking a picture, the more likely that someone will take more time looking at your shot and subsequently the more likely they will score you higher. (Not saying that you did a snap shot here by the way)

Overall a good submission. Well done!

Look but don't touch !! I'll break
by psart

Comment by bigdipper:
Lovely picture - the colours are so warm.

Look but don't touch !! I'll break
by psart

Comment by teto:
A little bit out of focus

Look but don't touch !! I'll break
by psart

Comment by kawhona:
For my eye the top flower would have been better cropped out. I know three is ideal but, the darkness up top

Look but don't touch !! I'll break
by psart

Comment by sudanmas:
Nicely framed, though, I would have liked to have seen the bottom petal of the yellow flower not cut off by the bottom of the image frame. The overall focus is off as well and could be sharper. I like the color of the flowers as well the visual arc formed by the flowers as your eye moves through the image starting at the bottom and ending at the top middle of the frame.