Daisies in the rain
by ShutterPug

Comment by rlewis:
I like this image.

I had to read the title before I realized what the odd striping was. A very odd and interesting affect. I would never have taken my camera into the rain. I too am distracted by the stem to the right. To my eye, cropping about the lower 1/3 of the image would have created a more balanced image.

I am not sure what to think of the dead flower. I often take photos of dead flowers because they have a lot of interest, but in this case it is not in the focal plane, so it almost distracts...not sure.

9 months old and looking good!
by ShutterPug

Comment by rlewis:
My instincts tell me that the back ground distracts rather than adds to the image. The pavement and tie wall, with the grass growing in the edge, detract from the image and provide horizontal lines that break up the dog. having a more uniform and more pleasing background would have improved the score. On my laptop the image appears a little flat as well.

Daisies in the rain
by ShutterPug

Comment by Mark-A:
Love the main flower and the contrast of it against the dead one.

One bit of CC I would give is that as this was fairly heavily processed anyway I would have removed the very vertical stem from the image as well, this would have allowed for a slightly tighter crop to the right which I think would give a little more balance to the overall image.

Still I do really like this, one thing that really is interesting is the way the background suggests movement and the flowers are perfectly still, that's a really nice effect.

itsy bitsy spider
by ShutterPug

Comment by ordinaryangel:
You've got the bokeh, the web and the spider but they don't seem to be working to a goal here. Perhaps you could try cropping closer.

Daisies in the rain
by ShutterPug

Comment by ordinaryangel:
I like the contrast of light/dark, and life/death here. The texture adds to the atmosphere of the image while not being overpowering.

9 months old and looking good!
by ShutterPug

Comment by ordinaryangel:
Cute fellow. My eye tends to lead me to the flowers behind him as they are so much brighter.

Are you going to give me hand here, or just take pictures?
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Comment by brumer0:
Great photo. I like the title too

Lake Superior Sunset
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Comment by AP:
very clean & peaceful, the tree serving as bookend on the left makes it, very nice

Are you going to give me hand here, or just take pictures?
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Comment by ellipsoid:
nice tones; composition could be a bit more powerful though.

Deer Camp
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Comment by LadyK:
HA!! that just made my day