::: Greetings from Critique Club :::
Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.
First Impression - the most important one:
Too shallow DoF and blown highlights hurt what could have been a pretty decent photo.
Composition:
Compositionally, not too bad, I most often like the diagonal cutting of a photo. This one though I think I'd like to see the flower head down in the bottom left corner of the picture. With less stem and more negative space, I think you'd have a much stronger photo.
Subject:
It stands out well from the background, although I think the flower head (the main subject) should be more in focus.
Technical (Color, focus, and light):
Color is a bit warm. I suggest a custom white balance for working under lights.
Focus: As I mentioned earlier the DoF is a bit shallow for my taste. However, this DoF would work if you had focused the camera on the flower and then recomposed the shot.
Light: A bit harsh and it's blowing some of the highlights.
To grow its vote?:
Generally flower shots have to be excellent to score well at DPC. Voters don't treat flowere kindly around here :-( Bad voters! LOL Really though a few technical issues here could help you out a bit.
Summary:
Not bad for your third challenge here. Keep on shooting and you will definitely see better scores.
Hope to see more from you soon,
Leroy |