Striking
by Someamateur

Comment by giantmike:
I really like the composition you chose of this shot. It's extremely unique.

Striking
by Someamateur

Comment by ambaker:
I keep wanting to turn this to a landscape format. Really like the colors, texture, and lighting. 8

Striking
by Someamateur

Comment by alorin:
center of flower

Striking
by Someamateur

Comment by Denielle:
Pretty shot. I like this. The colors work great, although it seems a slight bit OOF? Perhaps that's from looking at some of the other entries.
Overall, I like the shot a lot and think it should do well!

Striking
by Someamateur

Comment by RyanW:
Great colours here. Nice shot!

Striking
by Someamateur

Comment by NathanWert:
Flower?

Heart of the rose
by Someamateur

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I like the angle you have on the rose here, it helps make the shot look much less cliched. Very shallow dof is always tricky to do well, especially as you aren't square onto the subject; you pretty much have to pick your battles. Most voters seem to like shallow dof so long as it's more to the front of an image.

I'm not so sure about the heart. It's at a third and it's white, so it competes with the redness of the rose and the other object at the heart of the rose. With a minor change in comp the white heart could have been at the rose's centre instead.

But the main thing is, you're happy with what you shot and entered and fwiw I find that to be the important thing. Too many people shoot just to please the voters, not themselves, then end up disappointed. So please stay true to your vision and continue to enter, learn, and have fun.

Feel free to PM me,

Susan

Heart of the rose
by Someamateur

Comment by Giles:
shame the reds are blown out and the focus appears off to mem maybe the heart texture is the focus point and whats in the rose its very ahrd to tell, my guess a diamond?

Adelaide Hills at dusk
by Someamateur

Comment by bvy:
Beautifully understated. The tones are astounding.

Start of Bloom
by Someamateur

Comment by Ja-9:
to me this seems to have alot of noise in the background color... and I'm not sure about how abstract this is to me...