Orange Daisyby
kbrownvcComment by Artyste: Greetings from the Critique Club. My critiques are generally geared towards trying to help you improve your score within DPC, and not on any true "artistic" merit of the photograph itself, unless it relates to DPC voters and scoring. Please keep that in mind as you read this.
Initial Thoughts
Well shot, great lighting, but not really "still life" in the classic sense.
Composition/Content
You've got a nice, simple composition here with just enough off-set to lend the photo a good presence. The subject itself is good, if a little static. However, as it is, it doesn't really convey the classic still life model that I believe voters were looking for, which is an "arranged group of objects", preferrably on a noticeable surface.
Background
I love the mild bokeh. Just enough to be interesting, not enough to distract. Unfortunately, for this challenge, it is too open.
Camera Work/Technical
Great work on your technicals here, and I really don't have anything I can suggest for improvement.
Digital Processing
No information given for this area, so anything I say is conjecture, but I don't see anything out of place or any noticeable signs of processing. That generally means nice job :)
Fits the Challenge
For me, this is where you've gone a little wrong in the DPC sense. I believe that voters were looking for something *entirely* different, and it's only the strength of your technicals and the photo itself that really saved your score. As nice a photo it is by itself, for this challenge, you'd have been better off arranging a group of flowers in, say, a vase or other object, on a surface, keeping with the more classical definition.
My Opinion of the Photo
A lovely flower photograph, but probably just in the wrong challenge. Could have been mid-6s in a challenge more suited for it.
Good luck on future challenges.
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