Greetings from the Critique Club -
Challenge: Meets the challenge, no problems there.
Strong points: Nice colors and interesting textures on the flower. Good DOF and bokeh and good lighting.
Possible weaknesses: Too soft in focus is the biggest issue IMO
Technicals: Again - too soft in focus. A bump in saturation too might have made the great colors you have pop off the page a little bit more
Overall: Flower images, especially in FS's, really need to be strong to score well. This image is ok btu it doesnt pack the wow power that would garner it a higher score. There are nice aspects to it but are overwhelmed by the soft focus issues I believe. And in a challenge with over 500 entries and the 2 second voter mentality you really need to have something that will grab them and keep them around a bit longer.
Dont be discouraged. You have some really nice stuff in your portfolio. Keep shooting, keep entering and keep looking at what others are doing and suck info off of them.
Tim |