Coffee time
by steo

Comment by briphoto:
Nice b&w shot

Coffee time
by steo

Comment by j8xman:
Good contrast of tones. Subject hard to know what it is without photo title. A coffee mug would better demonstrate solution of challenge.

Silk & Thorn
by steo

Comment by Konador:
Critique Club

Hi. I'll start by pointing out a couple of reasons why I don't think this broke the 5 score barrier.

1) The focus seems soft.
Sometimes it can work, but here I think it is too subtly out of focus to look like it is meant to be. It may just have been soft from resizing down to 640x513 without applying unsharp-mask, in which case a quick USM would do the job. Most of the time, DPChallenge voters like a photo to be perfectly crisp, that's just the way it goes.

2) It's a flower shot.
Flower shots are the most hates of cliché's on this website, after kids. Some people see a flower and automatically vote it down without looking for it's qualities. As your connection to the Conflict challenge seems to me to be quite weak with this photo, even with the thorn, I expect many people voted you down for that.

I think this photo could also be improved by cropping in closer on the flower by the thorn, and leaving out all the dark black area around the edge which seems to have no purpose. This would make more yellow so the photo would be more appealing to the general audience.

Silk & Thorn
by steo

Comment by vsmed1968:
Nice picture.

Silk & Thorn
by steo

Comment by vtruan:
I see no conflict here. Nice flowers though.

Silk & Thorn
by steo

Comment by rhipster:
nice photo, but i don'see conflict here, this is complement

Silk & Thorn
by steo

Comment by Harry:
Silk and thorn is really more of a contrast than a conflict, isn't it? Flower exposure is good, but most of the rest is too dark. Composition is pretty good; the yellow flowers capture your eye, and lead you down to the thorns (aloe?).

Silk & Thorn
by steo

Comment by Rgarcia:
Nice idea and great shot.

Silk & Thorn
by steo

Comment by train:
I like the nice little yellow flowers but the thorns are not very prominant
Nice colours and a nice overall shot

Silk & Thorn
by steo

Comment by leskataus:
A little too much dark area but othewise good photo.