Haze
by temba

Comment by Pixelstate:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

You received some useful comments to the entry and a number of people pointed out the two obvious 'flaws'

soft focus
Horizontal line

Overall the photo is nice, it meets the challenge and the purple tone looks believeable rather than contrived (as in some entries) the composition is fine and the lack of a focal point (as commented) is not really an issue in this style of photo.

I'm assume that the line is a power line or similar, it is a shame it is there and could be cloned out outside of a DPC challenge.

The focus needs work, in this type of shot you can get away with a little softness, but lack of sharpness (rightly or wrongly) is a number one reason for low scores on this site.

All in all a nice effort, that could have scored much better with some small improvements. Good work.

Chris

Alien
by temba

Comment by lkn4truth:
CRITIQUE CLUB COMMENT

IMAGE QUALITY

Excellent image quality....a nice shallow depth of field with sharp clear focus on the subject. The colors really pop on this one...makes you sort of say "ooo" as soon as it opens.

CHOICE OF SUBJECT

The biggest drawbacks to this photo to me are the following. I immediately recognized what it was which takes away from my feeling it is truly abstract. Secondly, I see so many flower shots on DPC that flowers automatically give me a negative reaction. While you might think this is just my opinion, I have found that a lot of people complain about the overabundance of flowers so it might be something to take into consideration. The fact that you scored in the 6+ range with this AND it's a flower shows you had a REALLY GOOD flower!

COMPOSITION

The composition is very good on the photo but I have to agree with one of your commentors below. Had this been cropped more square you might have been able to achieve a less recognizable photo and therefore would have captured the essence of "abstract" a little better. I might have pulled in the sides on the crop and made it a little tougher to recognize.

CREATIVITY

I often score pictures higher that are creative in some way. Unfortunately this doesn't show a lot of creativity. As I said, flowers seem a bit overdone so unless you've done something unexpected, it doesn't stand out for me.

POST PROCESSING

The post processing looks good. I can't think of anything I would like to have seen enhanced or done differently. Looks like you just got a nice purely "good" photo that didn't need much. The only drawback to this is that it's an "advanced editing" challenge so you had more room to play with the photo which you didn't have the chance to take advantage of here. This would be a great shot for basic editing because it seems you just had a great photo that didn't need anything. Great job.

I think I would have scored this a 5 if I were voting because, as I said above, the subject is too easily recognizable and therefore doesn't really seem "abstract" to me and because I have a hard time enjoying pictures of flowers. Again, you shouldn't care whether I like flowers or not but I think I wouldn't be the only voter who tends to vote less favorably for flowers.

Haze
by temba

Comment by noraneko:
If photo were in better focus, would be excellent

Haze
by temba

Comment by emayner:
the clouds are beautiful, but I don't like the purple.

Haze
by temba

Comment by margiemu:
I love foggy, hazy pictures. The focus seems just a tad off on the top ridge, eitherwise this would be perfect..

Haze
by temba

Comment by Blackbox:
Not a flower and I know it's not really 'Purple' Haze...If it weren't for that line going across the bottom third I'd give it a 10...here's the next best thing...9. Good luck to ya - I hope you crush all them stinkin' flowers!

Haze
by temba

Comment by scaramanga:
Nice shot but the horizontal line is very distracting.

Haze
by temba

Comment by 'Pong:
Great location. There so many depth of shades. I'd try to control the sharpness. Otherwise this could be a great shot.

Haze
by temba

Comment by BethieB:
nice coloring, but it appears a little blurry

Alien
by temba

Comment by rwo82939:
Great image for this challenge, liked it the minute is opened