Flower in the rain
by Kaveran

Comment by smyk:
could be sharper and the colours seem to be over saturated.

Flower in the rain
by Kaveran

Comment by e301:
I like the idea, i think - compositionally, though I'm not sure you've quite pulled it off - perhaps the flower's structure just isn't regular enough for the image to handle this partial treatment; that trick usually seems to depend on the viewer having the impression that the object is so regular there is simply no point in including the rest of it. I think also there's something amiss with the intensity of these colours - over saturation, or simply over-exposure (I'm sure you could have exposed a stop less and had more impact)? The pink certainly becomes kind of messy and indistinct toward the centre of the flower.

Flower in the rain
by Kaveran

Comment by DrAchoo:
the saturation is too much here. reds really oversaturated quickly on digital. the highlights are too much too. 4

Flower in the rain
by Kaveran

Comment by rinac:
Wow, the colour just breathes life! I think it would make a delightful print. Nicely done :)

Flower in the rain
by Kaveran

Comment by posthumous:
at first glance I though of this as just another flower shot, but looking again I realize that this flower looks really really really WET and the brilliant coloration is just the sort of thing that happens after a rain. in other words, you meet the challenge very well.

Flower in the rain
by Kaveran

Comment by Nuzzer:
I love the colours in this shot

Flower in the rain
by Kaveran

Comment by Jutilda:
Way oversaturated. I like the idea, but the drops are lost because there isn't enough contrast.

Sweet Tart Spill
by Kaveran

Comment by ambaker:
Critique Club Review:

Lighting, color, saturation, hue, exposure, contrast, and brightness are all well done.

Focus is very good. Depth of field is good.

The drawbacks here are, the cup tends to become indistinct against the background, especially on the upper left. And, the one that cost you votes, no pastels. Although you made the colors light and bright, they are still not pastels.

Most voters vote quality of picture, and how the picture meets the challenge. Some people rail against having a good picture voted lower because it just didn't fit the challenge. Unfortunately, this is not the way the voters tend to think. And personally, I agree. The idea of a challenge, is to be challenged by the subject. Otherwise we would have anarchy and week after week of free studies.

This is a good picture, and unfortunately it suffered from being in the wrong challenge.

Sweet Tart Spill
by Kaveran

Comment by riversong:
I love the way you did your lighting.

Sweet Tart Spill
by Kaveran

Comment by accord:
these are not pastel colors--pastels are soft pinks, blues, greens and yellows--these are primary colors.