The first one has a very nice set up. The placement is good and the background helps to pop the subject. I dont like the darkness of the two greensih things though. While they do pop against the bacground they're not eye drawing. I think they wilted to much.
The second pic is ver pleaseing. I like the outer rim having dark petals and the lighter towards the middle. The wilting and browning of the petals has added a great deal of detail and depth to the picture. Nicely done.
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I love the first picture. Unlike Adam, the darkness of the petals adds a strange feel to the picture. The colors also work very well together.
The second picture would be much more enjoyable if there were less petals in the scene and they were completely centered (instead of the right edge being cut out of the picture).
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I think the first would look better if you were zoomed in just a touch more or even cropping would work. Just remove a little of the background. As for the flowers, there's something eerily beautiful about green petals and I just wish you could have found a few thorns to scatter amongst them. It's good though.
The focus of the second is nice but I agree that you have a few too many petals there. I do love how you've arranged the petals so that they go from dark to light though and generally, it's very pretty.
I like the background on the first one, but the second one has to be my favorite.
The way the petals are in and out of focus in certain places makes it beautiful and what ever surface you were taking these on is wonderful. It's almost like the way the petals are scattered, they capture an emotion.
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Oooh, these are pretty! I think I like the second better too, though. Like Clau, the way that they seem like they were just dropped onto the ground (heck, maybe they were; we can't tell either way) seems indicative of a story, at least to some degree. And is that carpet? I think that helps too, sort of like dropping petals onto a bedroom floor after prom or something.
Anyway, I like.
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Oh, I really like these! That color of dark green is really my favorite color...rich and nice. The second one is kind of...sad, crumbling, faded rose petals. Like after a funeral.
What did you use for a background? It's neat.
Good job!
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The first one... I could take it or leave it. There's not enough contrast, in my opinion. Has this been to photoshop-land? The black specks in the concrete are a little overpowering, and there's so much dark in the... petals? that there's not really a focal point. Not much definition.
The second one, though, is gorgeous. If it were centered and the focus was a little lower so that the top was cut off and the bottom was all visible, I think I'd like it even more, but it's beautiful as it is.
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WOW! Those pictures are simply amazing. I loved how the color was very contrasted from the rest of the photograph--thought eh background was a bit distracting. In the first one, which is good, you could use a little more something happening in the picture. The second one, however, was amazing. The way the focus was spread out differently, the rich colors of the petals..good job!
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