::: Greetings from Critique Club :::
Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.
First Impression - the most important one:
Definitely yellow. But, I have to agree with LucidLotus, it's hard to get excited about.
Composition:
Somewhat boring. This is probably what killed it for you. Composition is such that it is a nice shot of a flower, but it doesn't transend that into being a great shot.
Subject:
Subject is clear, as it fills the frame, it would be hard to miss the subject.
Technical (Color, focus, and light):
Color is nice, feels natural.
Focus may be a bit soft, but perhaps you didn't apply enough sharpening after resize.
Lighting: Exposure is good, but the lighting in general doesn't give the image any POP.
To grow its vote?:
I think DPC is going through an anti-flower stage. That might have hurt your vote. Also, voters want to be wowed.
Summary:
It's a pretty picture, don't get me wrong. It just doesn't have any wow factor to get high votes.
Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy |