butterfly
by Zenjohn

Comment by sherpet:
I like the idea of the B/W image with a burst of color in the butterfly. maybe zoomed in a little closer...

butterfly
by Zenjohn

Comment by gsquiggle:
Hmm.. a lot of negative space here, maybe a crop would do it justice, but my eyes are distracted from the butterfly and looking down at the other plants.

butterfly
by Zenjohn

Comment by Pooba:
I think this would have worked better with a much tighter crop.Maybe keeping only the top right quadrant of the shot.

butterfly
by Zenjohn

Comment by digitalknight:
this is a great idea, I would love this cropped closer, more butterfly in the frame and less "stuff" - great work

butterfly
by Zenjohn

Comment by kteach:
I can tell that you were using a shallow dof here, but the removal of the color makes it all sort of fuzzy and hard to figure out. The butterfly too seems overprocessed and unnaturally colored.

butterfly
by Zenjohn

Comment by Crisik:
seems to be too busy for me (even in bw), tighter crop of the butterfly - if possible - would probably help to boost contrast as well as catch more attention

butterfly
by Zenjohn

Comment by shudderbug:
I like the idea and the minimalism plus it's a beautiful butterfly, but to me the subject should be a bit larger and the whites are very blown:-(

chairs
by Zenjohn

Comment by HCvE:
It will not get boring because of the 'movement' it has. The pattern and lines create the idea of movement when you let your eyes go over the picture. I see I gave it a 7 but now think it should have been more, sorry.

chairs
by Zenjohn

Comment by fotomann_forever:
***Greetings from Critique Club***

Wow, I get to critique one of my favorite images in the challenge. You've taken something that is rather boring and made it interesting. Good Job! This is what photography as art is about.

Technically, you've created a good image here. Focus is sharp. Exposure is good and lighting is interesting. Compositionally, I doubt I'd change anything about your image.

I admire your use of high contrast black and white. I believe it makes this photo.

I really am unable to tell you much about how to improve it. Perhaps the crop is a little tight, but not so tight that it harms the image much. Perhaps you could have given it a little more pop with a low angle or high angle of view ... give the voters a little WOW to get them going.

Overall, you've created a good piece of art here and crossed 5.9 in only your second challenge. Good work! You're gonna do well here. I can't wait to see more from you.

Take care,
Leroy

chairs
by Zenjohn

Comment by banmorn:
This reminds me of the Marathon Grill at 19th and Market in Philly. The have the chairs set up on the wall there when not in use. The wall looks different here. Like the pattern...could have made a fine abstract by closing in on the stacks and shooting at an angle...but that's probably just me. Nice find.