Hi Dan: From a technical standpoint very sharp detail on the plant and exposed perfectly to show texture in the snow. Regarding composition think I would crop out the Crocus leaves on the right upper corner and make this into a vertical format. From my personal opinion I do not think those out of focus Crocus leaves add anything to your picture featuring the two yellow flowers.

The dark (leaves)? at the top of of frame are distracting and pull the viewers interest from the yellow flowers. I would clone those out or greatly subdue them in some manner so they do not stand out.

A good story telling picture of Crocus growing the snow, looks very authentic.
  Posted: 05/01/2023 22:54:59

A lovely sharp capture of the yellow crocus buds I agree with Murphy's suggestions to cit out the back leaves and to do
a portrait orientation If you can go back I would like to see the yellow blooms open a bit more   Posted: 05/06/2023 16:43:32

Great image of the emerging Crocus blooms. Shooting is the snow offers its challenges, and I think you did quite well is dealing with these issues. There is sufficient detail in the snow to carry the day that the blooms are nicely shown. I do feel that the blooms are slightly overexposed (most likely due to light reflecting off of the snow) and the leaves are a bit dark. I would suggest using a curves layer to bring out a bit more of the native color and detail in the leaves and blooms that you strove so hard to capture here. I agree with the earlier comments that the background is a bit busy and distracts the viewer's eyer from the blooms to some extent. Cropping and some selective clones could address these distractions some. Overall thought, and nice effort !   Posted: 05/08/2023 14:41:09

Dan - a worthy and fun subject. I agree with minimizing/getting rid of the plant in the back as it is too close to the main subject. Like Judy, I wonder what it looked like after the flower(s) opened. Thanks, Ray   Posted: 05/08/2023 20:54:39

There are different possibilities with this picture, as the 3 subjects (as its is) or only the crocus in a vertical format. That would be 3 differents pictures. It depends on the maker aim.
In this case the focus (with the 42 images) is on the crocus, the vertical proposition is maybe "expected". However the composition in a "almost" square format is very interesting and gives more depth.   Posted: 05/15/2023 03:17:26

Kudos to you Dan for most likely kneeling in the snow to shoot 42 images. I can't remember just how long ago it was the last time I saw crocus blooming in the snow. Beautiful memories. But, the brown leaves behind the bright yellow flowers still makes my eyes wonder. One more shovel of snow would have/could have covered them up nicely. I think the square format and a little more snow that Charles worked on works out great.   Posted: 05/15/2023 21:05:09