a photographic trend: flowers
by watermelon_junkie

Comment by RHoldenSr:
Reak nice. Maybe blurr the background more?

a photographic trend: flowers
by watermelon_junkie

Comment by dr rick:
Photographing flowers does seem to be trendy. The high contrast on this one gives it an appearance suggestive of a chinese painting (where flowers have always been a favorite subject). I like it.

a photographic trend: flowers
by watermelon_junkie

Comment by evmariedogs:
:)

a photographic trend: flowers
by watermelon_junkie

Comment by Fayech:
beautiful flowers, though the lighting is a bit strange on the eyes, or m

a photographic trend: flowers
by watermelon_junkie

Comment by Alpine99:
nice try to squeeze in a flower shot

a photographic trend: flowers
by watermelon_junkie

Comment by GreggeN:
There's always one...more flippin' flowers!!!

the sun is shining...weather is nice
by watermelon_junkie

Comment by johnny_justjohnny:
...the air is sweet. makes you wanna move your dancing feet.

the sun is shining...weather is nice
by watermelon_junkie

Comment by ScottK:
Did your CCD survive? I didn't think you were supposed to do this with a digital camera... What else can I say - Focus: did it focus to infinity - then I guess it would have been in focus! ;-) Sorry, just havin' some fun with you. It's an OK photo of the sun, as it were, but doesn't really convey "round". OK, the sun is round, but you can't really see the sun. The clouds are nice, but not really spectacular. Just basically an OK shot.

the sun is shining...weather is nice
by watermelon_junkie

Comment by CraigD:
should have used something like a polirizing filter to tone it down a bit.

country pineapple
by watermelon_junkie

Comment by karmat:
CRITIQUE CLUB CRITIQUE
by karmat

Because the pineapple is the symbol for hospitality, and because you often see replication of them around plantations/farm houses, etc., here in the Southern US, I can see your link to the challenge, albeit a strenuous one. :-)

The composition of your photo looks balanced and well framed. The two forms of the pineapple help to balance each side and give the eyes somewhere to rest, while still providing "movement" in the image. Also, I like the contrasting angles of what I assume is "greenery" in the image.

What I cannot comment on are the technical aspects of the image, such as focus, lighting, etc. Though this is a valid effect to use, it does tend to make it more of a digital image than a photograph, which does not typically do well on here. I, for one, find it interesting, but can't help but wonder if you were trying to disguise a really, really, really bad picture. I looked at your profile, and I just assume you like this style. That's fine.

Best to you in future challenges.

karmat