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TemperpolkComment by ambaker: Critique Club Review:
I'm not sure how this picture was meant to meet the challenge of Geometry. Which also hurt your score in the voting, as other noted the same thing during the challenge.
Outside of that.... Though the stem of the flower is vertical. The hedge becomes the horizon in this picture and along with the light pole in the background, give the viewer the impression the camera was tilted, and eye slides off to the left.
As noted in the remarks, some people thought the light pole was an interesting "UFO". Others saw it as a distraction. I fall into the latter camp, as it is not large enough to be the subject, but is just enough to distract.
I would liked to have seen the flowers in sunlight. Flowers usually denote color, brightness, life, joy, happiness etc. Here they appear to have been photographed in the shade. Thus the picture becomes somewhat cold, pale, and a bit lifeless.
Focus is nice and sharp, and I would suggest a higher f-stop for a wider aperature, to lessen depth of field to help separate your subject from background clutter.
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