Critique Club Critique:
Congratulations on your first entry. What a great find, with several wonderful shades of purple in your image.
Compositionally, I like the fill-the-frame idea for your shot. Your subject is shown off in all its glory, and yet there is enough of that beautiful, smooth background for me to enjoy that as well. The bee really did not do much for me in this shot. The flower is such a stunner, that I did not even notice the bee for the first few minutes looking at the image. The bit of yellow in the flower kind of drowned out your sweet, but more muted, bee.
Technically the shot is good I think. Your purples are very realistic, and the shallow depth of field left you with a wonderfully smooth background. However, that shallow depth of field also left you with some softness in parts of your subject. There is a spot on the left petal that is quite hazy. Also, on the bottom petal there is a spot that looks black, it almost looks void of all detail and I wonder if the shot was underexposed just a bit.
Overall this is a lovely photo and I enjoyed spending time on it. It definitely met the challenge, and it shows with the great score and placement in the challenge.
I look forward to more of your entries. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Julee |
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