Organic fireworks
by glennc

Comment by BillBankson:
the composition and mixture of textures doesnt work for me

Organic fireworks
by glennc

Comment by Connor:
nice shot love it

Organic fireworks
by glennc

Comment by WeJay:
Creative use of lens!

Organic fireworks
by glennc

Comment by TCGuru:
While there are a lot of OOF areas in this image, I just find them to be a little bit too busy. I find myself hunting for other shapes and trying to make out what could be back there rather than enjoying the viewing pleasure of your subject. You might have considered taking out that purple flowery thing in front too... a good subject is usually alone in it's splendor. Your colour scheme is very very eye pleasing though. This idea has a lot of potential. My suggestion is to re-shoot it with some of the above suggestions in mind so you can see what kind of difference it makes. Good luck! :)

Organic fireworks
by glennc

Comment by mariahdc:
A little messy - hard to tell what's supposed to be in focus.

Pink to make the Boys Wink
by glennc

Comment by salmiakki:
Greetings from the Critique Club

First of all congratulations on a good score.

I think this is a very well composed photo. Choosing to turn the flower upside down (whether it was flipped in PS or not doesn't really matter here) makes it stand out. The use of negative space works extremely well.

The lighting here is effective and certainly creates some nice backlighting. Personally, I would like, as somebody else has commented already, to see the front of the flower a little brighter, but overall I think this is very well exposed.

One small thing I did notice, and that is perhaps being a little bit nitpicky, but the border you have used appears to be unevenly placed in the frame. The top margin is slightly wider than the other three. I think I would prefer this image without the border.

I got a kick out of the title too!

Overall, a very nice shot and certainly worth the 6+ score you got.

Well done.
Regards
Sarah

Pink to make the Boys Wink
by glennc

Comment by jomari:
Beautiful flower shot. I love the layered petals and the fuzziness of the stem.9

Pink to make the Boys Wink
by glennc

Comment by outland:
Nice colors and I like the way the center of the flower is not so underexposed that it isn't visible. I might have kept the shape of the crop but closed it in on the left and the bottom still keeping the flower toward the upper right. 6 ;)

Pink to make the Boys Wink
by glennc

Comment by KarenNfld:
Nice composition, really pretty

Pink to make the Boys Wink
by glennc

Comment by Daybis:
Very nice. I wish the other side of the flower would have been just a little bit brighter.