Silky Hair...Porcelain Skin
by 777STAN

Comment by Temperpolk:
cute kid.

Silky Hair...Porcelain Skin
by 777STAN

Comment by ScubaSteve13:
hmm you cna only see a portion of her face and she is looking down

Silky Hair...Porcelain Skin
by 777STAN

Comment by kawhona:
Nice shot but, doesn't connect with me personally.

Silky Hair...Porcelain Skin
by 777STAN

Comment by Blackstarlight0:
its cute but a little plain

Silky Hair...Porcelain Skin
by 777STAN

Comment by Dancing620queen:
this is cute as a close-up, nice take on silky-smooth!

Clematis: Symmetry 2X Concentric
by 777STAN

Comment by sfalice:
Greetings from the Critique Club

Lovely clematis. You found one in great shape and photographed it well. I will say it is pretty well saturated, and I sure wouldn't want to see it any more saturated.
:-))

But I will suggest that the depth of field might have been a little more shallow to afford more background blurring. The twigs and greenery behind the beautiful flower are a distraction, but had they been blurred out a bit, they would have offered a nice, colorful foil to the flower. Of course, that's just my take on it...

You have a nice image here, one that I'm pleased to have had the opportunity to look at more closely.

Honeysuckle Blooms
by 777STAN

Comment by karmat:
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

Overall, this is a very interesting effect you have achieved here. I like the little parts of bright color and I think it really helps to bring out the orange tones of the flowers. My first though was to go completely black and white in the background, but the more I think of that, the less I think I would like it. What I do think is distracting is that the shot emphasized in color on the left and right are not in focus. In a "regular" shot, this would not be an issue, the eyes would simply seek out that which was focused. Here, though, they drift to the colored parts, and 2/3 of them are out of focus, so it kind of takes away from the rest of the shot.

I think the shot is a bit busy, as well. Perhaps if you could have isolated the blooms a bit more without so much in the background it might have helped to define your subject a bit more clearly.

Again, I like the shot, and I was actually one of the higher voters on it. I think you had a great idea, and it could be a truly effective eye pleasing shot if just a couple of minor things were different.

If I need to clarify or explain myself further, please feel free to contact me.

Karma

Clematis: Symmetry 2X Concentric
by 777STAN

Comment by Simpa:
B U T F L

Honeysuckle Blooms
by 777STAN

Comment by Candi20:
Wow I love this set up!

Honeysuckle Blooms
by 777STAN

Comment by levyj413:
I think this is too many boundaries. Maybe it'd work better without the vertical lines? I like the selectively edited sections and how they climb up to the right.