Beauty is a subjective thing, I know. In my scoring and comments I'm trying to score based on NOT whether or not I would think a particular subject beautiful, but on whether the photographer has succeeded in creating a beautiful photo. I look for the elements of color, lines, focus and dof interest, lighting, and a certain element of grace and lovlieness. I'm looking for a unique and creative appeal for the highest scorers. The description says to create a photo that makes the viewer think "that's beautiful", so it will undoubtedly be very subjective. (This is what I'm putting at the start of all of my comments, and I hope it is helpful.)
That being said, this is a lovely subject, but I don't see it as being photographed in a particularly unique or creative way. Colors are nice, but the composition seems to suffer some, imo. I would crop the right side to totally get rid of the dark background and a lot of the blown out white on that side, and focus on the wonderful colors of the interior portion of the bloom. Focus also seems a little soft, which may have been intentional, but if it was I don't think it adds to the photo. Really pretty flower to photograph. |
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