Morning Welcome
by DougPaz

Comment:
I know the critique below isn't very long, I'm going to ask a fellow CCer to have a look at this image also for a different perspective, and hopefully, some additional insights.

Morning Welcome
by DougPaz

Comment:
Critique Club


Initial thoughts
Interesting content, nice crop, distracting bits and piecesâ€Â¦

Composition/ Content
I like the contents – I think it’s an interesting detail to focus in on and I like the composition: text at bottom, slanting angle of the cup and negative space to top left corner.
IMO it̢۪s a shame that the supporting structure to the neon tubes is so clearly visible and the white fairy lights at top left don̢۪t add anything.
Neon colours are nicely captured, muted and appealing.

Fits The Challenge
Yes

My Opinion On The Photo
Attractive but not enough high interest.

Jack and Jill
by crabappl3

Comment:
What a sweet candid! I love the way they are oblivious to camera and the way you've caught the one buy in midair is great.
The horizontal colour strips really add to the composition, though I wish there weren't such an expanse of white - it's a little glaring. I'm also not sure about the inclusion of the sides - especially the more dominant green side.
Overall, a nice candid with stronger composition than many similar types of images.

Primary Glass
by Jacko

Comment:
W00t!

Zecondary Colorz
by Pep Ventosa

Comment:
Excellent use of refraction to create the abstract shape. I really like the impact.

Charge!
by dadas115

Comment:
Fabulous composition and use of DOF. The iridescence is excellently captured.

big things, little package
by ellamay

Comment:
Wow! What a striking image - the composition is great - not just your own but the spacing of the buds that happen to have burst open to orange. Your viewpoint is well chosen.
Changes in colour in out of focus backgrounds don't always bother me but the white area at the lower left does. The background also seems rather grainy - perhaps the whole image is but this is less easily noticable in the central area.

Impressionist canvas
by Gordon

Comment:
I love this abstract - a cross between a painting and a photo - perhaps leans towards the painting even more than the photo! Great DOF - love the way it reduces the flowers and grass to mere blurs of colour. Only thing I'd change would be to deadhead that flower at the very bottom left!!! ;)

Fluid painting
by christo

Comment:
Wonderful - really simply and I love the way the water splits the colours in the background. The two main droplets add further to the strong composition. I also like the graininess in the green, but less so in the orange. Am curious to learn whether it was a deliberate choice (ISO etc) or an artifact of compression.

Bunga Kertas
by tkonx

Comment:
A lovely image and I like the DOF and composition and the variation of colour in the background. The way the water droplets catch the light is very appealing. I'd like just a touch more light in the lower left area of the flower.