"Brighten the Corner Where You Are"
by 777STAN

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Wow, what beautiful flowers! Must be nice to have some to shoot, LOL, where I am it's still too cold, LOL :)

This is a lovely idea for yellow and the color is there but it seems a bit flat and dull for the light that seems to be available. An adjustment on curves or brightness/contrast could really help bring these colors out. Even a slight adjsutment on the saturation (yellow) would really help this.

Also the overall composition seems a bit off to me the balance isn't quite there, the bud on the right is throwing the whole line off of the flowers, if you bring the crop in just a bit and take out the one bud, leaving a line from bottom to top taking me in and out of the shot.

More focus on the full blooms also might help, having a shallow DOF can work with this shot if the focus is on the main bloom.

I really like the shot overall and the idea behind it, if you do rework this at all I would love to see the results.

Hope my comments help!

Deannda
Good Luck in future Challenges

R O S E
by Philos

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club.

What can I say? There is nothing to add that hasn't already been said, it's a lovely, beautiful shot, the outtakes were just as beautiful. Congrats on your ribbon. I love the shot and have nothing to add.

Deannda
Good luck in future challenges.

F/V Alexander Returning to Dock
by jrjr

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This is a lovely image, the blues, the yellow on the boat, the crisp clear color and image lend itself very well. The overall balance is also there, very well centered.

It meets the challenge in that it has the yellow base for the boat but that's about all that really jumps out as far as challenge requirements. The yellow doesn't dominate the picture nor does it just fade away. To do better in this paricular challenge you might have desaturated the blue quite a bit to make the yellow stand out more. But I really like the shot just as it is, a very nice stock shot to me. The owner of the boat would probably love a copy of this. In another challenge it might have done better, for this particular one, it met the requirement of having yellow in the shot and that's about it.

Hope my comments help!

Deannda
Good Luck In Future Challenges!

7/30
by Pedro

Comment:
They like it, they love it! THAT IS GOOD! THAT IS BETTER!! :) They are totally embarassed now for being mentioned, LOL! THANK YOU! :)

Tool
by CalliopeKel

Comment:
WTG KELLY! Nice finish! Thanks so much for everything you've done for Team Pixelstorm!

Deannda

4/30
by Pedro

Comment:
ROFLMAO!

I showed this to my girls and they went, "OH NO HE DID NOT!"

I told them it was Photoshop, LOL :)

Excellent fun!

Eyes
by carlos

Comment:
Wow, not sure what to say. Brave is one word that comes to mind when I think about your decision to post this. Yes, it's just a picture but as you are probably finding out a very touchy subject. Well done overall but the eyes aren't really noticable and aren't as sharp as they could be. A 5

Showy squirrel
by greslizzz

Comment:
Personally i would have titles this "Bad Hair Day" LOL! I love it! An 8

Yellow Tortex
by langdon

Comment:
I did not get to this during the challenge but I like it! The small amount of yellow is very well done, stands out and really draws my attention into the shot. But the colors for the rest of the shot left me feeling off for some reason, maybe a more b&w take would have made a difference? Look at me, offering advice to you, LOL :) Just my thoughts, I do really like the shot though. Well done. If I had made it this far in the voting I would have given this a 7

Rainbow
by Konador

Comment:
Sweet! Nice top 10 finish!

Deannda