Great lighting and nice detail, but placing the horizon in the middle of the flower creates some major problems with this. There is nice contrast between the flower and the green trees, and very little contrast between the flower and the sky. Best of challenges are typically voted pretty critically. I'd focus on the fact that you got almost all 4's & 5's, with a nice number of 6's and a few higher scores.
I probably would have minimized the depth of field even more, cut the dark what ever on the left and gone even lower with the camera to get the green fill half the frame. Having the sun behind the flower is good...
I'm no master however...
A nice image, though I would have liked to see a more careful crop to both eliminate distractions and set the flower in a more conventional composition......5
Crop tree at left. Like the backlighting here. Tree in background also a bit distracting as a background setting for this flower. Dont like the sky line breaking it in halve
Good clarity on the flower itself and good light. The composition could be a bit closer in my opinion to show it off a bit better and eliminate the tree/pole on the left. Also, the size restrictions have changed - you can have your entries be 800 pixels on the longest side.
Nice summer feel to this, but the shot is let down by the object (tree?) running down the left hand side. It has the double effect of distracting from the main subject, and making the shot appear askew.
I'm afraid this must get a vote on the low side from me.
-There is a noticeable tilt to the image, that does not appear to be by design. Sometimes an intentional tilt can add impact, but I don't think that's the case here. Correcting tilt is an easy fix.
-The pole/tree poking in on the left draws my eye away from the real subject and also draws attention to the tilt.
-I DO like the way the blades of grass are outlined by the sunshine, and utilizing the translucency of the backlit petals works well.
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