Life Linesby
marboComment by magnon: Happy easter, and greetings from the Critique Club!
First, congratulations on an 86% percentile and top 50 positioned image. Well deserved in a wide challenge with many contenders.
You have chosen an almost-square crop for this image. I think it works very well for a centered/all-covering composition like this. The lines work against each other, and the fact that it's not entirely diagonal adds a little disturbance against the chosen cropping, and that makes the image more exciting.
You've captured a sharp and clear, well-contrasted image of a difficult subject. You need to get up close to get it, and it needs a well-placed light. You've done all these things well. The only thing I want to pick on is that I think the frame is nicely placed, but it is twice as large as I'd like it to be. However, I really like the colors, the glow, contrast that tells me that you've done great both in capturing the image and post-processing it.
It meets the challenge, of course, and a good interpretation of it given your title. Depicting the flow of time and life with a flower might be a cliche, but a good one that you've used well.
Technically, it's a good shot. You seem to have had a lot of light to do this, and you've captured good detail. I had a look at your portfolio, which is pretty impressive and variated - you seem to know what you're doing, so a technical critque won't be nescessary.
It's hard to critique an image that contains this little, but you have done well in creating a simple, yet impressive shot. The glow and the really close macro is what gets you ahead of the other flower shots in this challenge.
If you have any questions or comments about this critique, please PM me.
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