Just lazy,Susan
by pcody

Comment:
coming up through the magnifying glass? clever, and a very nice flower - is the background sort of muddy on your monitor - i'll check again on another computer later -

This Bud is for You!
by vtruan

Comment:
Very nice focus - is it perhaps too tightly cropped? I like the closed secretive look of the center petals and I like the way the smooth ribbed yellow petals contrast in texture with the skkikey outer leaves., Just the composition that is lacking a punch. Wonder if the image were square whether the dead center position might work better? 7

Plague, the worse botanical disease.
by ramevi

Comment:
This is sort of nice - if only it weren't bigs - If I imagine ir is something christmasy I love the colors and the pattern the colors make with the spikey black legs, I like the composition, even though it is so centered. all the creepies are creeping left, upside down or right side up. I like the vague out of DOF background, I like that there is no sense of scale, it helps make the bugs into an abstract pattern. They could be made of glass. please tell me they are teeny tiny - too small for me even to see. 8

Flowers And The Killpecker Sand Dunes
by Gallatin

Comment:
Lovely! Lets use this as an example of leading lines! The line of flowers leads INTO the photo and makes the viewer both feel like part of the scene and want to look at it longer; Then the mini lines: a line of flowers leading to the far mountains and a line of flowers on the left leading to the main batch. Similarly the color yellow dupicates the flower shapes in leading lines. The yellow is so dynamis while the other colors in the picture are soothing and passive. Wow! Critiisim: is the horizon ever so slightly tilted down on the left? Thats a pet peeve of mine. 9

Orchid Stem Study
by Beagleboy

Comment:
Absolutely exquisite! I love the colors, the way they are dark in the center and fade to pale at the edges. I love the lines I follow from top to bottom but the delicat curve of the lowerr stems leads me back into the picture. I love the implied texture of the petalss which is really just a pattern, the pteals are smooth. sooo nice - 10 of course

Impressionism
by dphillips

Comment:
I won't be the first or the last to say get rid of the water drop and the stick in the corner. Wonderful colors, wonderful camera work!

Radiant
by Mary Ann Melton

Comment:
Stunning of course! 10 of course! Looks like a fire pit of molten lava the blue tips on the yellow spikes are exquisite. it looks like your light comes from deep inside the center and radaites outwards with the flower parts and petals. Lovely color too, How did you get all the spikes to line up in neat rows like that??

Petal Perfect
by elsapo

Comment:
ooohh you are right, petal perfect - too much water is my only complaint - 9

Out of Uniform
by FSCNitro

Comment:
Looking at this at work, on a better monitor, I can see all the feet. They are dark but not invisible - I think you fell victim to other peoples overdark monitors, mine included. To be on the safe side, try not to submit dark moody photos if you want good scores.

Angels Garden
by loudzgamer

Comment:
aack - tilted horison - straighten it and your score wiil improve - it is unsettling to the viewer to be on a slant/