Blue skies and pretty flowers on a spring day!
by tolovemoon

Comment by HBunch:
*Critique Club*

Funny out of the crit club shots I've done for minimalism, the comments either say that the subject is too big, or the subject is too small. Geez, make up my mind. lol
Anyway, I think this is simple enough to qualify for minimalism.
The first thing that really stands out to me is the lighting. It gets a bit dark to the left side of the flower. I'm thinking that some fil flash or some reflected light might have helped get some light on that darker area and it would contrast evenly with the nice background then.
The background is perfect. I love the blue in combination with the color of the flowers.
Focus and clarity are really good in my opinion. We get to see a lot of neat detail in the flowers.
One thing I find distracting is the little piece of branch in the lower left corner. This adds nothing to the photo at all, and without it, it would help to draw our attention to the flowers and also help increase the minimal effect.
Overall I think it's a nice shot of the flowers and it really stands out nice on that background.
~Heather~

Ribbit!
by tolovemoon

Comment by wanger114:
Good catch, but light washes out the shot.

moth 2
by tolovemoon

Comment by tolovemoon:
I was using my old Kodak DX4530 when I took this picture of a moth visiting inside my home.. I loved his colors and designs in the wings. The antennas had a fuzzy look to them and since it was a different subject I did some experimenting...I tried 2 different lights and a flash with several sheets of paper for all of the shots I took...
But this one I used flash, I think I set it on redeye reduction. I had a lamp with a shade on it about a 60 watt bulb sitting overtop of the subject.. The flash and light is defanetly what I dont like about this. It makes the shadows to dark and it takes away from showing the interest on the moth. There is a blur to it that I dont like to much and I think that it was a result from not using a tripod. I do like the way the center has focus but its not enough...The paper that I used has a bad affect to it for texture... I would defanetly change it as well but the color I dont mind and it beats being plain white...(not that white is bad or anything)...And the last thing that I could pick out that really is not so bad but yet could of made it better is the angle of the moth...I defanetly could of used a little more left and overtop of the critter.

Man! Get that out of of my face!
by tolovemoon

Comment by mandyturner:
better cropping and lighting would help this shot

Man! Get that out of of my face!
by tolovemoon

Comment by ladyhawk22:
A different angle might work better on this shot. Here, it almost appears that the arm is the focus of the shot, though it's clear that the head should be. But because the head is farther away and smaller...our eye gets drawn to the arm.

Man! Get that out of of my face!
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Comment by metoecus:
Your subject isn't very well lit. A reflector would have helped to recycle some of the available sunlight for inclusion in your photograph. Because of the angle her left arm actually occupies more area in the picture than her face does.

Man! Get that out of of my face!
by tolovemoon

Comment by Pooba:
She seems to have a tree growing out of her hair. Needs to be more sharp.

Ribbit!
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Comment by BikerGreg:
Too bad it's blury.

Ribbit!
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Comment by ladyhawk22:
The subject of this photo is well centered, and I like the grass in front of the frog. The lighting is very strong directly on the frog...not sure if you were using flashlight or just a flash, but it's very bright. The image also seems slightly blurry.

Ribbit!
by tolovemoon

Comment by Falc:
Burnt out and blurred, sorry