December Green
by Rosacalaca

Comment by TygerPawz:
Not enough in the picture, and the focus is off.

Together
by Rosacalaca

Comment by alexzen:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

It looks like your commenters put it very well. This image screams for contrast and color. There is much potential in this photo but it needs some post processing. Contrast and saturation would do wonders. Possibly some sharpening - it is hard to see whether it is in focus or not.

You seem to have done a good job with a shallow DOF as the background is nicely blurred. It would be nice to see this image after some procesing.

Please feel free to contact me via the PM system.

Ken
alexzen

Trying To Blend In
by Rosacalaca

Comment by andrewt:
focus too soft

In The Raging Tempest
by Rosacalaca

Comment by alexzen:
Greetings from the Critique Club

I love the luminance in the photo. There is some real potential in this photo. Given that this was an advanced editing challenge you could have made this image pop.

First, the horizon is crooked. Second, the image is begging for some post processing using levels and curves. It appears to me that the main subject is the light streaming/streaking through the clouds, but that there is not enough contrast to make that light really work as well as it could. You could really make those streaks stand out. That is where the drama is in this photo. Contrast, some dodge and burn, etc.

The trees make a great frame for the scene, but perhaps you could use less of them. A tighter crop would focus the eye more on the drama of the storm. There seems to be a secondary theme happening in the foreground, but there is no shadow detail to support it. I think you could remove much of the lower foreground and get a stronger image.

Good image for straight from the camera, but in an advanced editing challenge voters are expecting a cleaned up, straightened image with some drama.

If you have any questions feel free to PM me.

Ken
alexzen

Together
by Rosacalaca

Comment by PGerst:
The contrast is a bit flat.

Together
by Rosacalaca

Comment by Donna21:
Seems a bit faded, but that may be because the ones I've just seen were SO saturated.

Trying To Blend In
by Rosacalaca

Comment by jimntonic:
what an interesting creature

Trying To Blend In
by Rosacalaca

Comment by jdannels:
I like the colors and how the focus seems to be on both the flower and the spider. seems a little blurry though. Also try to get your file size as close to 150 kb as possible, your image is only 72 kb. If you are unsure how to do this and have photoshop, you may want to look at this tutorial on how to prepare your images for submission. I hate to see good images not get their fair vote because the image was too small a file size.

Together
by Rosacalaca

Comment by Heart433:
Very washed-out feeling to it. Try darkening the background than increasing the contrast levels in editing of those two flowers.

Together
by Rosacalaca

Comment by basssman7:
Unfortunately the colours look washed out.