Perfect example for this thread 🙂 So much I love/hate about this. It's a flower pic, but so poorly done. Not sure where to even begin. The subject doesn't fill the frame and is lost in the composition. Too many leaves and not enough flower (and ugly leaves at that). The shallow depth of field gives a superficial sense of a "professional" photo with a blurred background. But the subject isn't really isolated as there are tons of extraneous detail also in focus. The color is washed out--the subject should "pop" as it's orange against a green background, but it doesn't. The inclusion of the foot at the bottom is almost gratuitous--as if anything could make the image worse. Some of this could be corrected in post, but a stellar example of a shot a novice might take, in this case shot with great gear. Well played.
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