I particluarly like the composition of this flower shot. The yellow and black also create a powerful contrast, which also works very well here. The water drops add an interesting element with the light reflections in each of them.
You did a nice job of meeting the 'cliche' challenge as well. This particular composition is quite common and you make a nice interpretation of it :)
I believe that a minor increase in depth of field would make an improvement on this shot. I don't realize any enhancement of having some of the petals out of focus here. F4.5 or F5.6 would probably bring that extra detail into focus here.
possibly cropped off a bit too much of the center of the flower you need to bring out the texture of the center. Water is a nice touch, adds a soft element..
so so cliche :) TONS of water on flower shots. I love the yellow on black. What is it focus is really great, but I'd like a bit more dof. High quality shot.7
That's a very interesting crop. Colour is great and the water drops are nice. It looks like you had a very shallow depth of field - I might have tried to get the entire flower in focus since there is no background, but it's still pretty good as it is.
Composition: Really good positioning and balance between the yellow petals and the black of the b/g and centre.
Technical: I really like lighting and contrast. Pic is let down slightly by the focus of the end of the petals.
Overall impression: If focus was slightly better this would be near perfect. 8
Love the dark background and the contrasting yellow of the flower. Nice sharpness on the water drops. The only thin I'd change would be a deeper depth of field. Good luck. Jacko
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