Darwin College
by purpleflutterby13

Comment by Melethia:
Amazing!!! You should upload a larger version - 1400x1400 maybe? I think I kinda know where you took this one. Really really well done!

Darwin College
by purpleflutterby13

Comment by salmiakki:
Oh my. This is so cool.

My World
by purpleflutterby13

Comment by salmiakki:
This has come out so well. Really great.

My World
by purpleflutterby13

Comment by pixelpig:
I love these. This one is awesome.

My World
by purpleflutterby13

Comment by Hipychik:
Awesome! These are so fun!

A Fire Spinner Romance
by purpleflutterby13

Comment by hideout:
Very gypsy like ... romance and fire for sure.

My World
by purpleflutterby13

Comment by Jaded_Housewife:
Super cool!

My World
by purpleflutterby13

Comment by Melethia:
VERY way cool! Squished little cars, really cool old architecture, tall skinny people - a VERY fun world! Nice work, my dear!

Essence
by purpleflutterby13

Comment by Zigomar:
Mmm, sweeet!

Essence
by purpleflutterby13

Comment by spiritualspatula:
====Critique Club====

Your subject fills the frame almost entirely, and is a centered composition. For this one, I think this is appropriate. Using three flowers instead of one is far more effective in this approach, so good choice. I think it was also a good decision to use three because it adds a bit of dynamism to the capture instead of offering an offset/angled view, which would have been another approach to add visual interest.
The most eye-catching part about your photo, however, is the lighting. Some of the commenters weren̢۪t too pleased with the effect you had by using this approach, but I personally am a fan. I think the blur wasn̢۪t a bad choice, but it would have been improved if you decreased the lighting on the edges of the petals as you neared the edge. This fading would add the ephemeral blur that you used. I̢۪m not sure if you added the blur in PP or not, but one way to increase the blur a bit in capture would be to use a small fan either directly in front of or behind the flowers to slighting rustle the tips of the petals. I enjoy the colors of the lights in the background, but I think they could have been muted a bit more so they weren̢۪t as sharply contrasting and more dreamy. In general, the dreamy-ness feels like the theme here, but you sorta partially utilized it and didn̢۪t go all out. One other thing, which I know is really hard when you have such a great range of color between the center of the flower and the petals, is if you were able to add a bit more light to the centers. The texture of sunflower centers is interesting, and this would have been a nice addition. All in all, I personally would have given you a higher score, somewhere between 6 or 7 depending on how I felt when I was voting. Good effort of setting yourself off a bit from the field.
-Derek