Wild Iris: God’s Chemistry
by tedward

Comment by Reedman18:
Come on! That's a cheesy way to get a flower pic into this challenge!

Wild Iris: God’s Chemistry
by tedward

Comment by piaffe529:
Photo is too dark and several elements out of focus.

Wild Iris: God’s Chemistry
by tedward

Comment by atupdate:
Back to comment: Sorry to say but I don't feel that flowers fit the challenge description very well. Even if it did, there are a few technical issues with your entry. First, the image could use a bit more depth of focus so that all of the flowers are sharp. Second, this would have been a nicer image if taken at a different time of day. Since the sun in coming from the left, the tallest flower is casting a large shadow right in the middle of the grouping. If the sun was on the right, this shadow would have been prevented and what shadows would have been produced would have contributed to giving a 3-D effect to the grouping instead of causing a distraction.

Wild Iris: God’s Chemistry
by tedward

Comment by pineapple:
Indeed indeed. That was before school. Now how about some school days chemistry?

Wild Iris: God’s Chemistry
by tedward

Comment by alanfreed:
Phew... and I thought we'd manage to get through a challenge without a gratuitous shot of a flower... :P

Wild Iris: God’s Chemistry
by tedward

Comment by tate:
On an image like this - where the main flower is in the foreground - it's hard to ignore so it looks better in focus.

Wild Iris: God’s Chemistry
by tedward

Comment by katswig:
Not enough focus.

Wild Iris: God’s Chemistry
by tedward

Comment by oskar:
Well, I have tried, often, but it just doesn work to sen images into compititions if they don't fit to the theme, sorry

Dragon Fly
by tedward

Comment by Philos:
Comment:
Critique Club Comment

Hi there,

First of all I want to congratulate you with your top 20 score, and your highest place until now. Doesn̢۪t that feel great?
Now on to the critique.
I am not sure how to improve this photo; I know what would have looked better, a plain background without the gap between the wood. But I also know that it would be impossible to capture him/her in that way.
It̢۪s also a bit centred for my taste, maybe if you stepped back just a tiny bit and tried to get the dragonfly more off-centred that it would be more visually attractive.
But again, I know that̢۪s difficult.

Seeing that this was a basic editing challenge and the subject you had to work with I think you can be very proud of your placing and your photo.

I hope this critique will help you in one way or the other.

Keep on shooting,

Peter

Dragon Fly
by tedward

Comment by graphicfunk:
A beauty. Congratulations on your top 20 finish.