Red
by Carlo21

Comment:
Very dramatic shot (the combination of red and yellow tends to do that). I really like the focus on just the ends, so sharp that we get a lot of detail of the hairs.

Can you see me now?
by Pikkel

Comment:
The impact is striking immediately upon opening this image. The colors and post processing that you applied is very dramatic. I also like the border which compliments the blurriness of the image. I would, however, like to see a little more focus on the center of the flower.

Having taken a closer look at the center of the flower, I see that there are tell tale signs of extreme post processing in the yellow. I'm guessing that you selected that area and applied a lot of post processing to it. The edges of the selected area show up like a beacon. To avoid this, I suggest that you select an area that is larger than whan you want to enhance and then use the history brush in varying degrees of intensity to fade the transition from the rest of the image. If I am mistaken in my assumption, I aplogize.

Color everywhere
by Pikkel

Comment:
Wow, definitely an appropriate and descriptive title. The focus seems to be on the iron hanger and the vertical stems of the purple flowers. My eye tends to want to see the focus on the yellow flowers on the left, maybe because they are the most prominent flowers in the image.

You used almost the absolute largest aperture that your lens will allow. I would suggest using a smaller aperture to increase depth of field when capturing a scene in which there is no primary subject, and then focus one third of the way into the photo.

May flower side challenge #1
by Denise

Comment:
I like the point of view of these tulips. The lighting seems a bit harsh washing out the color a little. A translucent fabric screen would probably have been useful here. The dark blue sky makes a nice backdrop.

day 1 - oleander.JPG
by rachelellen

Comment:

Originally posted by KarenNfld: What a pretty flower, I've never seen oleander before.

We have lots of Oleander here in South Florida. Here, this plant would soon be a great place to photography caterpillars. They love them and get infested with them.

Nice sharp image with good focus and bokeh.

Blush and Breeze
by Paul

Comment:
Great job with the exposure here. Not blowing out the highlights and maintaing this much detail in the textures on your mostly white subject is very difficult to accomplish.

May 01 - White dead netlle
by hajeka

Comment:
Nice macro work to get the detail of the thorns and the fine hairs. As you mentioned, imperfections in flowers are hard to avoid. I keep searching and searching for flawless flowers to keep from having to do so much cloning and healing brush work in post processing.

Daffodil
by stargazer05766

Comment:
Yes, I definitely like the backlighting of the white petals against the dark background. The backlighting created an interesting, complimentary pattern to the petals where they overlap. Spot on focus too.

Rhody.jpg
by avalanche1030

Comment:
Nice tight crop that eliminates any chance of a distracting background.

Baskets full of posies
by Pikkel

Comment:
I like your bold attempt at thnking 'out of the box', but I find myself wanting to see more of what might be spilling out of the basket. This is almost like to images combined into one in which my eye moves back and forth from the foreground subject to the colorful flowers in the top of the photo and can't decide upon which to rest. The use of a tilted horizon is very interesting and adds a lot of drama edit to add as does the use of selective desat.

Message edited by author 2009-04-30 22:52:12.