White Orchid
by fotofrog

Comment by Chuckie:
Good picture, very creative.

White Orchid
by fotofrog

Comment by cnobre:
Good Focus! Perhaps the background could be a tad bit lighter...

White Orchid
by fotofrog

Comment by Silver Fox:
My eyes focused on the soft white petals of the Orchid and then were led to the red and yellow. . . and then unfortunately to the background of the trees and branches. And excellent photograph, but I think the background got too busy. The Orchid is is very sharp focus and the colors are bright and makes the flower something beautiful to look at.

Country escape
by fotofrog

Comment by zadore:
...from Critique Club...

Hi Parke

FIRST IMPRESSION:
Man, that's a really nice sky! :)

COMPOSITION:
I also think that cropping out the fence on the bottom would make for a nicer shot...but it doen't mean that it ruins the shot either. Great balance and positioning. oh...maybe cropping the photo slightly on the left would eliminate that 'half' pole on the fence :)

TECHNICAL:
Very interesting use of filter. The photo seems a bit 'soft' though for my taste, and would like to see things a bit sharper. Lighting is pretty good. :|

ARTISTIC:
I think the filter makes the shot. the sky stands out quite a bit and might distract from the rest of the image, including your main subject- the house. I wish you could have gottent closer to it. :|

OVERALL:
Very neat shot.

Cheers and good luck in the future challenges.

Country escape
by fotofrog

Comment by fotofrog:
Thanks for all the great comments! To answer many of you, this was taken using a tobacco gradient filter over the lense. I had to shoot this real fast, as I was on the side of a busy highway, with my son yelling "Hurry Daddy there is another car coming!" So, I could not take much time to compose it properly. I should have shot it without the fence, like many of you suggested.

Country escape
by fotofrog

Comment by janfries:
Great sky! Is the color enhanced?

Country escape
by fotofrog

Comment by catpixel:
This picture is awesome, when you cut out the fence at the bottom.

Country escape
by fotofrog

Comment by stephan:
Interesting use of colour :-) But I like it. Also a good composition (in my opinion).

Country escape
by fotofrog

Comment by me2you1:
wow thats an awesome sky!

Country escape
by fotofrog

Comment by daydream25:
sky color is very nice!