I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
by JackieK

Comment by lovethelight:
This is fabulous! the lighting is great and focus is night and your expression is priceless, I am not quite sure I understand your title but that doesn't really matter

I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
by JackieK

Comment by JLC:
Nice image. I like it in b&w.

I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
by JackieK

Comment by JawnyRico:
I really like your lighting and expression. Such an innocense to your look. Nice work.

I Just Wasn't Made For These Times
by JackieK

Comment by dsmil:
Very simple and very perfect...excellent work. I think this challenge had the best work so far and here is one example why. This is your personality, you have captured it.

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by JackieK

Comment by eamurdock:
Greetings from the critique club!

Pros:

You have an unusual and creative composition; I love to see experiments! I think the interesting take helped keep peoples interest up, and got them to overlook some technical issues.

Cons:

As I suggested above, there are technical problems with the shot; it's a bit noisy and blurry. The feathers are likely blurred from a little bit of movement between the different shots? Your hand is quite out of focus on the left side of the shot.

The Challenge:

This is one of those challenges with a lot of room for interpretation; I can't claim I really get what you were going for here, but the sense of movement from right to left, and the changing number of fingers, does imply some transition.

Thanks!

-Evan

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by JackieK

Comment by colorcarnival:
What a freaky funky composition - love it!

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by JackieK

Comment by johnmcboston:
I don't get it

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by JackieK

Comment by briantammy:
kinda different. the colors are a little muted

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by JackieK

Comment by psart:
YOu lost me psart ????

He loves me, He loves me not
by JackieK

Comment by lkn4truth:
CRITIQUE CLUB COMMENT:

I like the colors in your photo, very vibrant and expressive of love. I like the purplish background and the way it compliments the color of the flower.

Unfortunately your foreground seems to distract from your image in my opinion. There is a bit too much going on in the blurred area that I'm left trying to figure out exactly what I'm looking at while the focus of your photo is obviously on the middleground. In otherwords the forground distracts from your subject.

As a general rule flowers are so commonly shot that in order to score well you have to have an exceptional shot of a flower. Often times it is necessary to really isolate the flower in your photo and compose it in a unique way, neither of which were accomplished here. I think a lot of people would vote 5 on the photo because it appears to them as "just another flower." Next time concentrate on making it really stand out as something we haven't seen before.

Other than the distracting foreground mentioned above, I think the composition is fine. I think the photo shows real promise that you will have some great shots to offer. Keep up the good work!