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Comment by Swashbuckler:
Neat shot! As a percentage, your yellow is a very small part. For some reason I don't understand, most of the heads of the seagulls seem fuzzy (out of focus?). I do like the reflections off the ice, really cool. 5 Swash

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Comment by emorgan49:
tilts too much to the right -8

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Comment by dbenson:
Nice framing. I wish something grabbed by focus.

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Comment by PTLParsons:
How many "what does this have to do with yellow?" have you gotten? I think this was a really different way to meet the challenge, and is nice for a change. And the photo is absolutely beautiful. I personally would have liked a deeper depth of focus, but that's just me. What kind of bird are these? This is a great photo, and deserves an 8.

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Comment by casualguy:
Yellow?

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Comment by Chiqui:
not much yellow

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Comment by KimInNB:
A bit soft in focus. Poor birds - they look cold. I don't really think this meets the challenge.

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Comment by KickDrum5150:
This is a great picture...but as I'm sure you've heard already I don't know that it meets the challenge really well. It's one of those things where you either decide that you want to compete or just show off your art neither is bad or good...but it's our duty to tell someone everytime.

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Comment by Ricky Cleave:
they've got no heads!

Faded Rose from 2002
by vtruan

Comment by inspzil:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - Interesting choice for this challenge. Flowers are very cliche. I don't know about dead ones, but we'll pretend it fits. At this point, I think your choice of subject is probably the main reason for the not so good score. I think the background is the only real composition problem with this photo. The patterns and stuff in the background are definitely a factor there, but I'd say color is just as important. The flower doesn't contrast with the background, so it kind of blends in. Something to make it stand out of the picture (aside from the DOF) wouldve been preferred. But nothing in primary colors, or maybe even colors. I was thinking like a charcoal grey would be fitting if you were going for depressing, which is what I get out of this lifeless flower of yore.

Technical - Very well taken photo. Exposure is good, DOF is excellent, clear, sharp. Nicely done. Processing doesn't seem to be an issue.

Overall - In another challenge, this photo might have done better in terms of score. Changing the background would've helped some too. This is very well taken, so I don't think the photography was the issue in the score. Content is key, especially here. This probably threw people off after looking at flowers(live ones), kittens and babies all week long. I like it. good luck in future endeavours here and outside of dpc - Inspzil