Peach Pitby
meyersComment by lkn4truth: CRITIQUE CLUB COMMENT
IMAGE QUALITY
Good image quality...an excellent example of a macro shot for sure!
CHOICE OF SUBJECT
Excellent choice of subject! A lot of people fail to get the "abstract" part and you nailed it. I had no idea what I was looking at until I read your description and then it started to make sense. Also it is truly macro so bonus points there too. It is a horrible shame that your photo scored as low as it did because I saw photos that CLEARLY did not meet the challenge score much higher. I commend you for being brave enough to stick to the challenge description and capture something that perfectly meets it.
COMPOSITION
The composition of the photo is probably the number one thing that hurts you (along with the darkness I mention in the Post Processing section below). I can't really explain how the composition could have been better. I'll try to explain it this way....the subject almost fills too much of the image so that it apears to just be a blob on the screen. It's darn hard to be abstract and not have it look like a random blob at the same time so I again say, I don't know how it could have been better. It just doesn't seem interesting enough for me.
CREATIVITY
You showed good creativity on this one...the choice of a peach pit was really well done.
POST PROCESSING
The photo is a little dark for my tastes...maybe could have been better if you bumped up the exposure or brightened it in some way. Also playing with a little more color saturation on the reds and yellows would have made it pop a little more.
I probably would have scored this a 5 in voting because it doesn't appeal to me greatly but later would have felt guilty having only given you a five when I saw the photos that didn't even meet the challenge scoring higher. I'd then wish I could go back and give you a 7 to compensate a little.
Over all, excellent choice...keep up the good work.
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