Greetings from the Critique Club!
First, let me say that I am not a professional or even a very good amature photographer, so you may want to take my comments with a grain of salt.
Meeting the Challenge: Macro, definitely. It seems abstract to me - I can identify it as fruit but not a specific type of fruit. However I do wonder if others would be able to identify it better than I did.
Composition: I like how the main circle figure is not centered. I would like to see how this might turn out with a tighter crop - especially to eliminate the seeds at the bottom, which I feel detract from the seeds at top. Also, this would have eliminated some of the surrounding peach colored area, and that might not be a bad thing as this area lacks the texture which I feel can be important to a macro shot.
Lighting: No real problems here - I like how there is a definite shine to the seeds but the highlights are not overpowering.
Color / Title: A good color scheme - it makes me think of how I might decorate a sun room at a beach house. The title certainly adds to that feeling.
Camera Work: It looks like you do have some focus issues. The front seeds, the main point of the picture are decently focused but again, there is so much else that isn't, and a tighter crop could have helped matters here as well.
Post Processing: No photographer's comments so I can't speak to this area.
Image Dimensions and Filesize: The filesize should be as close to 150kb as possible to minimize compression artifacts although without checking the properties I would not have been able to tell.
Misc / My subjective thoughts: A lot of this repeats what has already been said so I am sorry if this is less helpful than I would like. I think that overall you have done a good job with capturing a fresh, "hawaiian delight"ful image, and if it weren't for the focusing/crop issue this may have done better in the challenge.
I'll add this: I hate seeds and fleshy bits of fruit next to seeds (yes I am strange) and wow did this picture make me go eww! A few of the macro entries did this to me. This is not a criticism, but an additional comment to how you have captured the spirit of the fruit.
I hope this helps! Feel free to PM me if you have any questions. |
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