delicate
by Ja-9

Comment by wbanning:
Hey Janine,

Coming to you as a Critique Club member. The current challenge queue is empty and we're taking up some of the backlog. What's fascinating to me is the score data. It's unusual to see the commenters be lower than the non-commenters. And I don't remember seeing such a big difference in participant and non-participant scores. But I digress. I was a participant in this challenge and I voted with a 6. I liked the simplicity of form and color here. The background is complementary to the subject and creates a strong separation, even while maintaining the overall green palette. I"m torn about the last empty space on the right. It gives the subject breathing room and allows the background color to darken on a left to right gradient. Without it, the overall effect would have been a brighter image. Finally, I agree with backdoorhippie's comment about the tips of the leaving not being in focus - just a tad more DOF would have done wonders. So in the end it was a six. I liked it, didn't love it.The primary down side being such a simple subject... beautiful lines and colors, but not a totally compelling subject.

Ja-9
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Comment by RyanW:
great image, captures the delicate nature of the flower splendidly. lighting really is spot-on here, this needs to be used in print somewhere.

P O R C H E R
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Comment by cowboy221977:
Hello from the critique club...

Janine....you have done a good job on this shot. I love the antique feel. It fits the image very well. You have plenty of detail over the entire shot. The overall composition is well done. I think choosing b&w was a good choice for this shot. Keep it up and happy shooting.

Ja-9
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Comment by tjbel05:
Beautiful.

Ja-9
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Comment by FocusPoint:
Beauty

Ja-9
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Comment by Denise:
beautiful, makes the eye almost seems to cascade downward, love this

p l u m a g e
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Comment by caba:
Front page stuff

Resting
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Comment by cowboy221977:
Hello from the critique club...

I like the amount of detail in your shot. I also think it follows the challenge very closely. It's nice but I think it scored about right. It is definitely a very caring / loving image. Good job

Bears go to heaven too!!!
by Ja-9

Comment by cowboy221977:
Hello from the critique club...

Janine....Overall nice shot. Nice fluffy clouds. The sign is very crisp and clean looking. However the shot is missing something. Where are the bullet holes??? A sign like that in Louisiana would have at least 3 or 4 bullet holes in it. It's good target practice. Nice shot though. Keep it up. Happy shooting

P O R C H E R
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Comment by Zita:
Beautiful work. B&W really adds strength to the statement. Good luck.