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jurassicComment by sfalice: Greetings from the Critique Club
(Before I start, just want to say I really liked your 8 seconds of fluidity in a recent challenge. beautiful work.)
Okay, here we go. I looked and looked at this image. I even did something unusual for me, I downloaded it and played with the composition on my own computer. (and then erased the image, of course) The pattern you chose is delightful, the handling of light, good and the parts that need to be sharp are sharp, IMO.
Jurassic, there's something about the composition that bothers me. Cutting the flowerpot off at just one side, and not very much of it at that, makes me want to complete the circle, but I can't! (And I think this is why you didn't get into the 6's with your score.) I tried cutting off the circle at two points and that worked a little better, and I tried cutting out the pot circle all together, but that took away the unique-ness that makes your image interesting in the first place.
So, you have a good photo here that the voters thought was interesting enough to get into the high 5 scoring category. But to go higher, play with different compositional components to give it that "wow" factor.
Good luck in future challenges.
Alice
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