Greetings from the Critique Club.
It's such a stark, mimimalistic image that there's not much material for a critique! Especially as the commentators during voting seem to have covered everything anyway. The composition is interesting and seems to me particularly appropriate for the wilted-looking flower (it's a Black Eyed Susan, I suppose). It may not have been your intention, but the effect created is of a battered but determined flower struggling to fight its way into the frame! I normally have a (perhaps irrational) dislike of flower photographs; they offer the intellectual and emotional challenge of a TV test pattern, as far as I'm concerned. But you have found a way to inject your flower image with personality and pathos, and I applaud you for that. I've seen your portfolio, and I know that you are a masterful flower photographer. But I've also seen your non-flower images, many of which are intensely emotional and artistically adventurous, so I'm not surprised that you've found a way to make a flower appealing even to a philistine like me.
Cheers,
Paul Martin
Great composition - I love the minimalist feel. I also really like the contrast, but think that the light is actually a tad too bright. The focus is good, but not quite tack sharp and I see strange spots around parts of the flower and stem that look like processing remnants from something. I also think the flower looks a bit wilted (which could have been on purpose). I know it sounds like I had lots of negative things to say, but honestly it's a very good idea and a really good shot.
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