Nice warm colours and a courageous composition. But for my eyes there is too much total black background. The last quarter of the picture would have been enough.
Excellent light here - really strong sense of detail in those textures. There is a slight impression of having clipped colour channels, but to get that intensity must be a matter of compromise somewhere, I guess. Minimalism? I don't know ... it's a kind of straightforward approach to the challenge, really, and I'm finding that this trick of using a perfectly isolated subject only partially in frame to be lacking great impact. Your light and colour make up for a lot of that, however.
Excellent shot. Is this the flower's real color? My only criticism is that there are a few dents in the top two petals which I find a little bit distracting.
OK... I'm impressed. You broke a rule of composition and jammed your subject way down in the corner like many other shots in this challenge, but the difference is in this one it works. I don't know if it's the fact that you left it in colo, or the very minimalistic border that you put around it that kinda pulls it out of the corner a bit, but it works. You got my vote of confidence!
TC
Beautiful lighting, beautiful colors, beautiful flower. Curious if this is getting doesn't meet the challenge topics due to its size. Personally, I think it's fine and an excellent entry.
Just another flower image. A good one but like most of the others just a flower and is not making me interested. The composition is good and the colors are functioning well together.
beautiful picture, thankfully you used a black background for a nice change! Unfortunatly, the subject takes up a third of the image, which just doesnt match the challenges requirements, so i can't give you the high score the image otherwise deserves.
Absolutely Awesome. Out of all the thumbnails, this one screamed out 'me first!!!'. Love the color & the lighting & the perfect focus. Fits the challenge beautifully. 10.
Lovely! I really like this photo. Flowers and Photography, two of my favorite things. Love the placement of the flower and the lighting is so well used in my opinion. Great entry.