Peel + B4
by redfig

Comment by inspzil:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - Firstly you have some outstanding color here. I like the very bright hightlights on the orange. The fleshy peels look pretty good. The crop is a little tight for my liking. The shadows on the peels are a little distracting as well. I would've like to see the emphasis be more on the orange and a little less on the peels. Composition overall is pretty good though. Great idea.

Technical - Photography is terrific. Well taken , nicely focused, Good sound photo. Processing - The orange looks almost too orange, to the point it looks fake. Other than the crop being a little tight, It looks great

Overall - This is a difficult picture to critique because its actually a pretty good image. You did a good job with this. There are only a couple of minor things that I think you could change to make this a better image, to this voter anyway. Keep up the good work! -Inspzil

Peel + B4
by redfig

Comment by lisae:
I think this is the best fruit photo in this challenge. The colours are lovely. The composition is a bit too busy though. Perhaps you went in just a teeny bit too tight.

Eyes Sq On
by redfig

Comment by Turbotech:
Critique Club:

Composition:
From a glance on this photo I first notice that you did not truly use the rule of thirds. It is important to state that there are many things going on in this shot. I due however think that this shot could have been cropped a little better. Symetrics are important and I think it is important to show the entire surface perimeter of the square. For this to be done you would have to back out just a tad so that you can keep this shot off center.

Contrast Range:
Since your shot appears to be a Black and White I think you have done a good job on the contrast. Tones are well presented here.

Subject Selection:
Focal point is wonderful. The eye truly is the doorway to the soul and in this shot you have captured that.

Lighting:
Ok here is where we start. In portrait photography, Lighting is very important, but it is the shadow that is the true artist paintbrush. I will say you have good shadow here. I am really impressed with how you did this from what you had to work with. Not everyone has professional lighting and there should be no penalty here for it, but there are things that you can do to add to your technique. In the eye here you will notice many "lighting hot spots" These hotspots can seem a tad bit distracting. The very corner of the eye is a tad bit dark, but I will go over that in the overall comment. I do not know how you could fill that in without a lightbrush "Fiberoptic light used for pinpoint lighting in photography"

Overall Comment:
You have a very pleasing photo here. With a little tweaking I would hang this on my wall. This shot in my oppinion is about a 6.5 and from me that is a good score. You did a fine job.

John (TurboTech)

I would like to add that I am not at home so I am not using my computer. However the one being used here has limitatons on how it can be set up to look at pictures since it normally oversaturates things. When I return home I will give this shot another glance and add or detract from the comment. Thank you for you time. :-)

Cliclower
by redfig

Comment by Gracechild7:
It might seem like a little thing, but I really like how you pulled the green into your boarder.

Cliclower
by redfig

Comment by ruthiek:
Nice use of color . . .

Cliclower
by redfig

Comment by Crafty Sue:
close up all details moisture drops on petals viiblble

Cliclower
by redfig

Comment by cercy:
nice macro work

Cliclower
by redfig

Comment by JamieWillmott:
The middle of the flower seems a little dark and the focus is a little off. I like the composition.

Cliclower
by redfig

Comment by indigo997:
I like the composition. Very tough subject to expose properly. Decent job on the focus. The center is focused and the back petals are, but I'd like to see those center petals a little better. 7

Cliclower
by redfig

Comment by rmahan:
Nice handling of high key lighting!