Moist Apple
by Drake

Comment:
It looks so moldy...a good capture, but also: it's just floating there. What's it's meaning, where's it going, what's beautiful about it? You have to think about these things if you're seriously vying for a win.

Still life with lute
by SkiJumpNose

Comment:
Get that blue lamp out! You've got such nice earth tones--browns, yellows, soft pinks, greens--contrasted delicately by white lace...and then you introduce blue. Too much! Keep in mind the roles that color plays in your photos.

broken
by Jasper

Comment:
A really cool concept. I think you might have wasted your excellent magnifying glass technique on too boring a subject. Use the magnifying glass to uncover a message, a meaning. Magnify a sweater to show that it's only made up of delicate threads. Magnify a silvery fish to illustrate that it's incandescence is a function of hundreds of shiny scales. This is just a distortion of an otherwise boring glass.

Intricacy of the Common Broom
by alanfreed

Comment:
Very cool, but I don't like the black space. You should have totally zoomed in on the broom, focused the viewer's attention fully on the textures and color. Maybe even get rid of the red clamp at the end and just have the bristles and red twine.

Fall street still
by jjbeguin

Comment:
A cool concept, a clean shot, but you need to recognize the perspective flaws that your photograph contains. This is a shot that is contingent upon clarity. The black car, the exquisite detail of the headlamps, the general opacity of the leaves...they add to the clarity. The reflections on the hood of the car, though, detract...majorly detract. I like how you were bold enough to zoom in, though...many people aren't confident that the viewer will be able to recognize their subjects if they were to zoom in. Keep trying.

shadows & reflections
by johnny_justjohnny

Comment:
Keep trying, NYU boy. I think this photo would be better if you'd left out all the reflections except for the tree. Get rid of the brick on the bottom too, there's too much going on. Keep your photos true to their meaning. You want to show a reflection, so focus on the reflection.

half tangerine with grapes
by darcy

Comment:
This picture needs a lot. First, there's a clash between unpeeled fruit and untouched fruit. You bring this conflict to light because you failed to focus on just one subject. All the fruit tends to have the same focus. The orange and it's rind have such potential for texture exploration, but you haven't exploited it.

Still for Millenia
by sagestudio

Comment:
Very cool concept (yes, it's still life alright). You filmed the textures very well. You could have used this lighting to your advantage, however. A little patience on your part might have revealed some really complex shadows, with all the ridges of the fossilized skeleton. Good spacing--way to make your subject off-center, it shows you have a good idea of spatial design.

keys
by DieHappy

Comment:
I'll tell you the only reason I gave this a 7: the lighting. Sure, it's a bold perspective, it uses good focus techniques, even good design principles. It's a very cliched perspective though. But the lighting, the personalities of the colors, blend together so that this picture gives you not only a sense of what your subject is, but in what setting your subject might be located.

Fall's Last Lanterns
by Beagleboy

Comment:
I love when the photographer is bold. A lot of people on this website can't say that; you can. You were unafraid to get up close to your subject and explore. You found an interesting subject, however I think we'd agree that the background isn't ideal. But because you had the sense to focus wholey on the foreground, the juxtaposition, this photo turned out pretty well. The texture is amazing.