Coming Up Roses
by daysez

Comment by syamjonimi:
Nice but just not spectacular enough to rate higher than =6 syamjonimi
of course this is just a personal opinion.......

Coming Up Roses
by daysez

Comment by MaYz:
For me, the red seems a bit overpowering.

Coming Up Roses
by daysez

Comment by boyte1:
This is getting the highest score of all the new flower pics from me. Its a little too contrasty. but really good.

Coming Up Roses
by daysez

Comment by HBunch:
You know, at first, the rose looked like it was cut and pasted onto the background. The strange outline on the top of the bud made me think this. However, As I was trying to shoot a photo for the pencil challenge, I came upon the same strange black outline in one of my photos that I had taken too close to the computer screen. I definately get the newness in the photo and it is a beautiful rose. Looks like you played with the colors a bit. The red looks unnaturally too red, however, the same thing creating the mystery black outline may be causing the redness to also be off. I like the angle and closeness of the rose and I like how it's lit and the background is far off. Nice photo, good luck in the challenge.

Coming Up Roses
by daysez

Comment by tee tah:
Too many "flower" shots in this challenge, but there are some good ones. I like the detail and focus on the rosebud, and the colors are great, but the blurry background is distracting... to me anyway. I would have dropped it closer I guess.

Coming Up Roses
by daysez

Comment by nicowens:
It needs some dew.

Coming Up Roses
by daysez

Comment by FranziskaLang:
i love the shape of the rose with those leaves pointing up and down in opposite directions. i would like to see more texture in the red of the rose. -- gr8photos (7)

Coming Up Roses
by daysez

Comment by lisae:
I love the high contrast in this. The colours are beautiful and vibrant. There's something about the composition that makes this rose seem as though it just "sproinged" out of the ground like that plant in the BC comics :). It has a kind of joyous look to it.

Coming Up Roses
by daysez

Comment by falvey:
The red is washed out. Where's the texture?

Coming Up Roses
by daysez

Comment by mjcecil:
Reminds me of Mapplethorpe in color. just a little more depthe would have made this one ideal, but the focus goes soft just on the center leaf. Also, I may have cropped to allow both the raised and lowered leaves to run off the corners this would have hidden the tiny diseased end on the left. Otherwise excellent marks - 9