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It is always nice to critique a friend's work, because they can't harm you if I kill their photos LOL ... well, at least I would like to think so :P
Nice capture, good composition. You can see the heart clearly, and you did emphasize with color adjustment and desaturation. I say good work, and it should never get any 2's or 3's... some picky DPCers hit you with 4's, but what can I say.
If I were you, I would have another shot of this tree, with shallower DOF, and make the background more blurry.
Other than that, I think it's a good photo, not an award winner, but you got it man, you did get your shot :)
Nice catch, I like the color on the tree, the desaturation did not catch the light behind the leaves, so that is a little distracting, good idea and try.
creative idea with the tree and the branch and the selective desat. somehow the picture lacks impact. May be because most of the space is grey? or because there is no real focus point?
I can see why you did the selective desaturation, but unfortunately you missed large chunks and in this venue you're going to get hammered for being sloppy. I think you're too close to your subject and that is limiting your framing and cropping options. You can see the heart fairly clearly from the thumbnail, but at full size I'm looking at the pretty bark patterns.
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