Iris in decline
by JC_Homola

Comment by jmsetzler:
Greetings from the Critique Club...

Hi JC...

This photo shows shallow depth of field quite well. The technique worked for the photo. As for the photo itself, I did not find a high level of interest in the subject. That's just my personal taste though. I couldn't find any particular point of interest that grabbed my attention.

Iris in decline
by JC_Homola

Comment by cmangis:
Oooh, I'm a sucker for fading flowers. Wonderful color, composition, everything. Beautiful.

Iris in decline
by JC_Homola

Comment by Artifacts:
Nicely composed, good color and no hot spots. Beautiful.

Amaryllis
by JC_Homola

Comment by admart01:
This is such a well composed and tranquil shot. Good luck with the sales!

Iris in decline
by JC_Homola

Comment by Rasai:
If the photo had something with a soft focus in the foreground to indicate a 'Shallow Depth of Field' I would have given it another point.

Iris in decline
by JC_Homola

Comment by connie:
WINNER in my book!

Iris in decline
by JC_Homola

Comment by train:
I love Iris's This is beautiful Love the colour

Iris in decline
by JC_Homola

Comment by Dave Gordon:
I like the idea of photographing a flower "in decline," and you have captured the colors and textures well. I would have liked this picture better if the ratio of sharp to unsharp were higher.

Clamp
by JC_Homola

Comment by Dibutil:
From critique club.

I agree with the resto of the commenters - the color composition that can not go wrong and fine composition. The reflection which is as perfect as image represents the title in full. I rated it among the best images for this challenge.

What annoys me a bit is some perspective distorsion at the top-left and the DOF which covers only 1/3 of the image in the middle. I'd love the top and bottom sharper.

There is another though regarding color. The whole image consists of two tones, yet at the bottom-right we see a bright hilite. It would be aceptable if the image revealed some of the stainless steel gray - may be a little of the white light from the left... Or, otherwise - the hilite was dimmed a bit.

Iris in decline
by JC_Homola

Comment by neenee1999:
Beautiful shot, love the colors, great DOF