DesertRose
by jferreira

Comment by nosher:
background takes away from the rose.

DesertRose
by jferreira

Comment by blueswolf58:
Shallow depth of field. Camera focused on background rather than center subject, leaving it out of focus and in the viewer's mind, unimportant. Unfortunately in this case, it's dead center in this pic. A closeup of this rock could have proven very nice indeed.

DesertRose
by jferreira

Comment by e301:
This appears more focussed on the background than the rose - which has caught some texture there, at least. The rose is not completely out, of course, just a little beyond the range of acceptably sharp, for me. Also, there is no composition here - you've just plonked the thing down. or put your camera right over it, so that it's completely centre-of-frame; no context, nothing to balance it. If it were a genuinely interesting shape, or more striking to look at, that might work - but that confusion of planes and angles, especially with the lack of detail, leads to - well, confusion, only.

DesertRose
by jferreira

Comment by karmat:
I like the textures shown here, but the uniformity of color doesn't do much for me. Also, the camera is focusing on the backdrop/ground, and not the object, which is okay sometimes, but not particularly effective here, I think.

DesertRose
by jferreira

Comment by Artifacts:
This would be better if the crystal were in focus instead of the background. Looks like your camera autofocus was fooled.

DesertRose
by jferreira

Comment by jpochard:
I keep looking at this one trying to figure out exactly what you have here. The background looks like material. Anyway, the focus is on the background and the "rose" is out of focus. Texture is there.

DesertRose
by jferreira

Comment by Melina:
It looks like the background is in focus instead of the rose. A very difficult subject.

DesertRose
by jferreira

Comment by Prof_Fate:
the background is nicely in focus..the subject less so.