I guess this is a pretty typical flower shot. I haven\\\'t submitted anything in so long I thought I\\\'d get some feedback.
In this shot, I like the contrast between the two styles of flowers, the formal rose and the informal wildflower, as well as the contrast in colors. They had been misted with water to try and preserve them longer. There was natural light coming in from a window and I held a small spot just above.
Little editing work done, crop, levels, shadows/highlights, saturation and a little USM.
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Composition: The rose and the wildflowers dont appear to be interacting with each other. The rose by itself would have made a nice composition in that the negative space would have drawn the eye down to the rose. The wildflowers by themselves would have been a nice off-center composition. Together like this, it has a messy fell and my eye doesnt really know where to go. You've also cut off a flower/bud on the right which distracts me.
Technical: The water drops are a good idea and you've gone for a lot of small ones which works well on flowers like this. The lighting on them is a bit harsh as a couple of commenters pointed out. Nice bright colours overall. The border almost gets lost on this with the image having so much black. Try a thin white line around the image before the thicker black?
My Feelings: I don't really get the link to the challenge and the two almost unrelated types of flowers doesnt engender any emotion towards the subjects. Simpler is often best.
Nice bright colors, but the purple flowers almost seem like an afterthought kind of just stuck there. The water droplets are a nice touch, but are either too harshly lit or oversharpened and they almost take on the appearance of white fuzz in some places, and blend in too much in others.
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