One of the "Milk" winners a couple weeks ago inspired me to try some "painting with light". It didn't come out quite as I expected, but I like the results anyway.
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I'll ignore the hotspots - not your fault.
This is lovely. Focus & detail are great. What I really like is the deep yellow colour and the strong lines & shadows on the petals. Excellent work, well done.
This is my only 10 so far. So many people think that a flower, if properly exposed and in focus, makes a wonderful image. That is not true, and in many cases, it is the lighting that sets a great floral image apart from the nice, but boring images. This shot is nearly perfect in lighting, which is so tough to achieve. The range from light to dark tones is very good, without any lown highlights. The lower dark petals offset the bright upper petals in a way that balances your composition. The actual shape of your composition is nothing special, but the lighting really makes it! DOF is great, focus is perfect, lighting is great. the only thing I can find fault in are the two white specks on the left side of the image (in the black background). That's easy to fix for printing, and I won't count off for it due to the restriction on spot editing (this image is a good reason to get rid of that rule). Nice shot, my only 10 so far! Good luck in the challenge!
JD Anderson
Very beautiful shot! Wonderful yellow flower. Great amount of detail. Lighting is very nice. Small nit - two white spots on the left side of the flower (in the black), could be dead pixels, or a small fault in your lighting. 9 Swash
Ok so there are a lot of flower shots in this challenge, however this one takes the 'cake'. Beautiful lighting. Composition, clarity, colour and subject is just fantastic. I really like this shot. The black background hightlights the subject very well. A big 10 from me :) GL.
Nice work - the focus is very good and the colours are nice and rich. Personally I wouldn't have included the white border for this site, but it is traditional I guess. You have lit the flower very well.
Very, very nice - can't suggest anything that would improve this photo - could definately see it framed on a wall - great job, good luck in the challenge - very high score :)
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