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I like this photo, but something makes me mad about it. Tell me your thoughts about it.

-- Steve Ellison (spishack@earthlink.net), August 05, 1999

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There are two things I would like to change. First the plant in the background is too close to the right edge and second there are no space between the top of the plant and the sky.

-- Hakan Liljenberg (coracias@hotmail.com), August 06, 1999.

I consider myself a novice, so take my words with a grain of salt. Nonetheless, several issues come to mind. First is the sky, which is distracting just above the flower head--almost of the same size and shape as the flower and in my mind competing for your attention. Second is the image shot with the sun out creating shadows on the flower itself--too much action in an already busy flower. Lastly, the whole flower seems to me just slightly out of focus.

-- Jim McGovern (jimm@avlcard.com), August 10, 1999.

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