New Jersey Farms
by Wildpurple

Comment by tnun:
evocative light. lovely lines. everything felt.

Black & White Rose
by Wildpurple

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I see that I'm one of your 8s, I felt you deserved some extra kudos for entering a flower macro in a challenge dominated by things much bigger than flowers :-) Good comp and lighting, you used HDR to good effect and the b/w works surprisingly well. I would be a little careful in your post work, though, I can see sharpening 'jaggies' and those will cost you. In this case the effect around the droplets especially gives them a bit of a plasticky feel.

Denoise itself can do sharpening on its own, so if you have the original image, maybe just play with a little and just leave out the sharpening. Or do as you did already, but fade back the sharpening to about 50% and see what you think.

Hope this helps

Susan

New Jersey Farms
by Wildpurple

Comment by jayzundel:
I find the shadows distracting

4 Way Stop Sign
by Wildpurple

Comment by Kodak:
Interesting

4 Way Stop Sign
by Wildpurple

Comment by jayzundel:
Creative angle

Black & White Rose
by Wildpurple

Comment by Kodak:
Interesting

As Cute As A Kitten
by Wildpurple

Comment by jmritz:
Cute

As Cute As A Kitten
by Wildpurple

Comment by Kroburg:
I like the picture of the kitten, but unfortunately the background is quite distracting, especially the fence.

As Cute As A Kitten
by Wildpurple

Comment by CrazyDiamond:
Cute shot :) I wish the background was nicer though.

The Frog in his Pond sneers at the Ocean.
by Wildpurple

Comment by quiche:
Frog is cute. Lighting is flat. White balance looks a little off.