Composition: Subject Placement, Cropping, Background 6
Technical: Focus, Exposure, Lighting, Processing 6
Appeal: Is it Interesting, Motivating, Etc. 5
How well does it meet the challenge: 8
Total Averaged Rating(Rounded) 6
The cropping is excellent, and the background is interesteing - having the colors in it compliments the monochromatic subject nicely. I'd like to see more sharpness in the foreground to bring out the intricate detail in it.
Good idea and the contrast between the white subject and colored background works great. But maybe a deeper DOF (including the closest parts) would have been better? In any case, I would have edited out that distracting dark speck on the left of the flower.
I've been working on photographing these things myself recently, and have never yet found the 'full cloud' effect very promising as a photo (and I'm afraid you haven't chaged my mind). I'm certain there is some interest to be found there, but still it remains a mystery - I think perhaps those spines of the seeds are too fine to really show any shape through light, and that doesn't make promising territory for photography. I do like tthe DOF here though, and there is a certain near-abstract quality to that 'cloud' that is quite pleasant. All the intersting shots I've seen have involved heads with at least half of the seeds removed - I can recommend trying that approach.
Ahh, ahh, choo! After you say 'gesundheit', you'll see that I like this pic... macro shots of seasonal items come off pretty well, and this is done very nicely.
I think the composition would be more interesting if it weren't dead center. Great focus and DOF. Little piece of something is annoying on the left side.
Nice colors and design, but the center of the flower should've been in focus and not the sides. And with advanced editing, the speck of black should've been removed, it is distracting.
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