Hello from the critique club.
Let me start with what I like about your image.1st of all subject matter. You lucked out and got an excellent subject. Subject can make or break an image. Next I love the vivid colors. That is both good and bad for this image.
Now for the other stuff. I mentioned the vivid colors. The bad aspect of that in this challenge was the lack of purple. I do have to agree with the commenters below that the primary color here is red. I am sure that hurt your score pretty badly. I also think the pollen on the petals is a little distracting.
I do like the picture overall, but maybe not for this challenge. Keep it up. Good job |