Winter's Affect on a Rose Bush
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Comment by jpochard:
I see the texture, but the subject and composition just don't hold my interest.

Winter's Affect on a Rose Bush
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Comment by Dave Gordon:
I like the colors as well as the textures. The subject stands out well against the background.

Winter's Affect on a Rose Bush
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Comment by Tiberius:
Focus a little disturbing. Nice colours and composition. The thing on the background up left disturbing

The English Garden - Tea Rose a "Chicago Peace"
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Comment by Leigh:
Nice shot and very natural

The English Garden - Tea Rose a "Chicago Peace"
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Comment by Olyuzi:
Excellent focus and clarity. I also like your attempt at dramatic lighting, but I find it to be a little bit too harsh. Also, the dark shadow of another plant in the lower right hand corner, as well as, another object in the upper right hand corner are distracting.

The English Garden - Tea Rose a "Chicago Peace"
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Comment by RiderGal:
Personally I do not consider magazines to be in a horizontal shape... thats just me though. Some very uneven lighting here... some of the rose looks too bright and some of it looks too dark. Maybe that was what you were going for? The shadows and part of the background are somewhat distracting, but not too bad. I'm thinking type for the magazine might go directly over the top of some of the main part of the flower.Nice job with your focus though and getting most of the flower in focus, sometimes with macro thats hard to do.

The English Garden - Tea Rose a "Chicago Peace"
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Comment by MarkS224:
Needs more depth of field, and more lighting control. Also dont like the horizontal format in this challenge

The English Garden - Tea Rose a "Chicago Peace"
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Comment by HBunch:
Lighting is quite bright to the bottom right of this rose. The shadow under the rose is also very distracting. Pretty colors.

The English Garden - Tea Rose a "Chicago Peace"
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Comment by oldwisemonk:
Nice picture. dunno how it would look cropped for a magazine cover though.

The English Garden - Tea Rose a "Chicago Peace"
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Comment by ChrisW123:
Ack it's too dark. English garden should be a shot of green, misty, estate, not of a wilted rose with a black background. :(