It was unlocky it was raining...
by brightspark567

Comment by MCPixel:
Nice and clear on the focal point, well shot using the water drops, good compoistion.

It was unlocky it was raining...
by brightspark567

Comment by mrbig65:
great idea ,,,,, i like,,,,,,,,,, perfect light here,,,,,,,, killer focus,,,,

Tulip-tulip
by brightspark567

Comment by hawkeyefilms:
I'm enjoying all the double exposed flowers. I think I like this the best because it provides two viewpoints and nice detail

Sparklingly Hot!
by brightspark567

Comment by sfalice:
GREETINGS FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Welcome to DPC. What fun it is for me to get your first image for a critique. And it is a play on your user name!

You're making a good start, for sure. Well, maybe not in the scoring department, but you did get some very educated comments on why you scored in the bottom tier - and a guide on how to make your images show up well for competition.

You had a good idea and shot it fairly well. Of course it is way too hot at the moment of ignition, and there are filters that can deal with that - the Internet is a good teacher - so I'd like to make a suggestion on composition. It is completely natural to zero in on your subject and make it 'center' on the page which is what you did. You might also (in this case, assuming you had enough sparklers) experiment by putting your camera high, low, to the side, and anything you can think of to safely make this story stand out.

Okay, that's my advice for this time. I do look forward to seeing more of your images in DPC. good luck!

Alice

Sparklingly Hot!
by brightspark567

Comment by kaiser_chief:
Devesh, in regards to size, most programs allow you to 'save for web' or similar, stripping the EXIF data off the photo. Most programs also have a slider of some sort when saving, allowing you to adjust the disk size of the image, therefore allowing you to upload at the full 800px. The 'Loss of Quality' in the image by doing this is not noticable int he range we are talking, and is significantly better than submitting a smaller image, that is very small on many of our monitors..........I think many people marked you down because of the size the image was here.