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soerenComment by HBunch: *Critique Club*
Being a flower from your garden, I would consider this more of a stem than a branch. I think that's a bit of a stretch on the challenge.
Focus is soft. I don't know if that was your intent or not, since it does't say in your Photographer's commnets, however, the out of focus look doesn't appeal to me personally. I would like to have seen this in focus. As it is, we don't get any detail from the flower what so ever. If you were going for a silhouetted look, then maybe a different background would have been appropriate.
The blanket in the background creates some distracting elements by having the squares behind the plant. The shadow on the right side is also a bit of a distraction since the left side is so bright.
I think that more contrast would be a good idea, however, again, not knowing your intent, it's hard to say. but the overall photos seems greyish.
It is good that you have your subject off center, I think this would have very little impact at all had the subject been in the center of the photo, so that was a good choice.
I also wonder if color may have been a better choice for this. I think it would have added something a bit more interesting to look at.
The idea behind this image is ok, but I think it just needs cleaned up some. Needs focus, lighting and more detail to look at. I'm just not drawn in and held there.
~Heather~
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