Critique Club Review:
Color, Saturation, and Hue: Colors are obviously manipulated for effect, but work well for this composition.
Brightness and Contrast: Both are very good. Plenty of great detail is visible, with nothing overly bright or overly dark.
Focus and depth of field: Focus is very sharp, depth of field is appropriate for this image.
This image is quite interesting. The background is very busy, and it competes with the leaf like crazy. At the same time, the color manipulation makes things look a bit out of focus, unless you look close. Centering the subject is the kiss of death to the rule of thirds purists, and likely hurt your score quite a bit.
I think the biggest problem is that this is the wrong medium for this image. The presentation on the computer screen for voting isn't large enough to do this image justice. As I sat here looking at this and trying to figure out what was really grabbing me, and what I wanted out of it, I realized I want to see this image BIG! You've moved the leaf from straight photograph to art. I could see this blown up on a wall in a bank lobby or a gallery. If this image was about five feet tall, I think it would really come into its own. |
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