| It looks like a gigantic sun! I like the composition of this, the full on view with the petals splaying out towards the viewer. The colors are very nice, and it certainly meets the challenge. The lighting is a bit harsh though. It looks like you're using natural light so I'm not sure how possible using a handheld diffuser would be, but that would give a more even soft light that would get rid of (partially) the harshness of the lighting and some of those less than attractive shadows. The background makes for a nice contrast, but there's an odd.. dirty quality to it along the bottom, some brownish or grey cast, not sure what that is. Also the fact that the background has a very noticeable change from black to blue is a little distracting. A uniform background would definitely help, and if I were choosing I'd probably go with either a darker blue, black, dark green, something that's going to set off that yellow even more. The focus is too soft for an image like this, particularly with the way it is set up. This, to me, begs for clear, sharp focus so each of the petals are nicely deliniated which would also highlight the nice wheel of pattern it has. 4. |
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