Evening Showerby
TupeloHoneyComment by eamurdock: Greetings from the Critique Club! Welcome to DPC and contgrats on your first entry. It's one I like a lot!
Pros:
Beautiful subject; beautiful composition. The water drops do stand out nicely. I'm personally a fan of B&W florals; I think it forces one to look beyond 'pretty colors' to get to what a flower has to offer, and leads to subtly beautiful images.
Cons:
Unfortunately, subtly beautiful images don't score off the charts here; the ribbons tend to go to very eye catching images. This is simply a factor of the number of voters and the number of images they're going through; there's generally not time to really commune with an image.
Some people complained about the darkness of the image; I see their points though I don't personally agree; I might consider cropping some of the dark area from the bottom which feels heavy and slightly distracting. Without seeing the original it's hard to comment, but some playing around with the B&W conversion might add more contrast without compromizing the dark feel.
The water drops are great, but a few are a little smeared; it's nitpicky but tidy perfect drops are going to do better here too.
Challenge:
This is where I would comment on how you met the challenge, but as it's a free study there's not much to say! ;)
Congrats again on a great shot and welcome to DPC. Free studies are a tough place to get started but you did well, and I look forward to seeing more of your work.
