Peacock
by cdm36

Comment by tolovemoon:
I like the difference in the colors of the flower and the moth, good background too. Great focus!

Neon Orchid
by cdm36

Comment by inspzil:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - Wonderful macro of this flower. I personally do not see any tie to the challenge whatsoever. I think part of this challenge had to do with dark. This photo could've been shot at noon outside with a black background and no one would know. It's not that its a bad shot, but it just doesn't seem an appropriate subject for the challenge given. As far as the picture goes, I might have considered leaving no background showing at all.

Technical - The focus and color are awesome. The thing that bothers me about this is that it looks so flat. There isn't much depth to it where I think we expect that in a macro this close. My hat's off to you getting this focused this well. It looks like you might have a hot pixel near the middle of the picture. The little white sparkles across the top in the flower are also mildly detracting. It is an unusual perspective with the darker sections of the flower in the foreground and the more brightly lit areas in the background. I wouldn't say its bad altogether, just not what people expect. That can be good too though.

Overall - Nice picture, but not right for this challenge. I think pretty much that explains why it didn't do as well as it could've in a different challenge. Its a good shot. Good luck in future challenges - Bob

Neon Orchid
by cdm36

Comment by HRoxas:
Nice composition and the neon blue color is beautiful. But for an after dark shot this is not the first thing that would come to my mind since a shot like this can be done any time of day in a studio setup. I said the same thing to the other flower entry. For photo quality I vote 8. bumped up to 9

Neon Orchid
by cdm36

Comment by barryg:
Speckles at top appear distracting

Neon Orchid
by cdm36

Comment by train:
I love the blue but it makes the flower look unreal
Not a lot of detail is shown in the flower itself Mabe a little too close for this type of shot

Neon Orchid
by cdm36

Comment by nsoroma79:
Great color! This is beautiful!

Neon Orchid
by cdm36

Comment by Olyuzi:
I would guess this was done with a black light. I like the color, but think there is too much blue and would have preferred more of the black background showing as this adds more interesting contrast.

Peacock Butterfly
by cdm36

Comment by thesugarplumpfaery:
butterflies are beautiful....very nice photo...love the colour

Must Lose Weight !!!
by cdm36

Comment by RedHotKK:
Nice black and white photo...crisp & focused.

Neon Orchid
by cdm36

Comment by Rasai:
NICE lightng-beautiful