My first flower in a DPC challenge. I suppose the result will not be very good, but I'll try anyway.
PP: Adjustements in ACR, levels, saturation, gaussian blur, resize, USM, border, save for web.
Statistics
Place: 331 out of 404 Avg (all users): 4.6982 Avg (commenters): 0.0000 Avg (participants): 4.5645 Avg (non-participants): 5.0667 Views since voting: 858 Views during voting: 205 Votes: 169 Comments: 1 Favorites: 0
Hi, as requested, here is an indepth critique of your submission.
First Impression - the most important one: Wow, no comments? How'd that happen? It's a nice stock flower shot, but doesn't have anything to draw the voter to the top end of the scale.
Composition: I hate to say it, but the composition is boring. Half the frame is flower, half background. It just doesn't have anything that grabs your eye.
Subject: Subject is clear and in focus. DoF works well here.
Technical (Color, focus, and light): Focus looks good. Color may be a bit over-saturated, but looks good. Lighting seems a bit on the harsh side for a flower shot.
To grow its vote?: Stay away from the flowers ;-) Really, I think DPC is going through an anti-flower stage, This image should have at least scored in the 5+ range.
Summary: Flower shots are pretty, but making one that really slaps a voter in the face and makes them want to give it a high score is hard. Flower shots are like opinions, everyone has one, so they are hard to pass off.
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