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Hi!
I'm here to provide the critique requested from *Critique-It. Thank you for providing such wonderfully detailed comments to me. They really help me provide a good critique.
Okay, here goes! (My first photography critique! Eeep!)
The first thing I noticed about this piece is that it could be framed much better. The subject matter is cut off halfway through so that any impact we might have had is also cut off. I think the idea of making a flower shape out of leaves/stalks is quite neat and required some time and effort, but the picture doesn't really convey that since it is so off center. Next time, make sure to line up your shot just how you want it to be, and take a couple shots to be sure you get it just right. I generally take between 10 and 15 shots and pick and choose which angle/framing I like best.
The lighting is good, giving crisp detail to the ridges and folds in the flower structure (nothing better than natural light for that!), which would normally draw the eye right in. However, the background is a little distracting, not so much because it is hazy, but because it is at an angle which severely offsets your main focus. Perhaps you could try shooting this so that only the sky is in the background? Or the blurry thing in the background lies in a more horizontal direction, rather than diagonal?
My last suggestions is purely an idea and has little to do with the actual mechanics of this photograph. If you use Photoshop (or a similar editing program), you could try painting the different "petals" of the flower different colors. That might make the picture "pop" a little bit for your viewers.
I hope this had some helpful advice for your next photographing adventure! Keep clicking!
KneelingGlory
Hi!
I'm here to provide the critique requested from *Critique-It. Thank you for providing such wonderfully detailed comments to me. They really help me provide a good critique.
Okay, here goes! (My first photography critique! Eeep!)
The first thing I noticed about this piece is that it could be framed much better. The subject matter is cut off halfway through so that any impact we might have had is also cut off. I think the idea of making a flower shape out of leaves/stalks is quite neat and required some time and effort, but the picture doesn't really convey that since it is so off center. Next time, make sure to line up your shot just how you want it to be, and take a couple shots to be sure you get it just right. I generally take between 10 and 15 shots and pick and choose which angle/framing I like best.
The lighting is good, giving crisp detail to the ridges and folds in the flower structure (nothing better than natural light for that!), which would normally draw the eye right in. However, the background is a little distracting, not so much because it is hazy, but because it is at an angle which severely offsets your main focus. Perhaps you could try shooting this so that only the sky is in the background? Or the blurry thing in the background lies in a more horizontal direction, rather than diagonal?
My last suggestions is purely an idea and has little to do with the actual mechanics of this photograph. If you use Photoshop (or a similar editing program), you could try painting the different "petals" of the flower different colors. That might make the picture "pop" a little bit for your viewers.
I hope this had some helpful advice for your next photographing adventure! Keep clicking!
KneelingGlory
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