Leaf in sepia - macro study
by kosmikkreeper

Comment:
I love sepia, and I love when photographers are unafraid to get close to their subject matter. I can't stress enough how bold it is of you to decide how you want us [the viewers] to see the picture, and not let us decide how you should take the picture.

Still Life
by Michaels

Comment:
This is so weird, but so delicate. Still Life photography is very much about delicacy or ruggedness. I think it has to do with texture. Beauty is in the texture, and the transparent film of these "leaves" gives the viewer a light, fleeting feeling.

Under the garden trees
by puya

Comment:
Pictures of leaves are so cliche, so it's so refreshing when someone photographs them correctly. I like how you use different types of leaves.

Urban Still (Boring) Life
by glimpses

Comment:
I love this because of the colors, and not many people know how to do color correctly. Great job.

A Basket of Mums
by SharonS

Comment:
I'd be hypocritical if i didn't say that i don't like centerpiece pictures. You definitely get my vote because of the black and white film. It captures so much. For instance, the delicate flowers, the fragility of you subject, contrasts beautifully with the grain of the wood and the books in the background. these are three subjects that were meant to be together.

A Small Aubergine
by ganders

Comment:
Very cool blend of textures. Try to make the background more contrasting within itself. also, the photo is basically black and white, so go ahead and take the final step of actually making it black and white. the redness of the core messes it up. if you want to keep it in color, consider a background as such: wrapped partially in a clothe slightly darker than the color of the core. make sure the cloth has a towel-y texture.

Literature
by Firstrich1

Comment:
this picture is, in my opinion, the most classic and archetypical symbol of still life. black and white, intellectual, great lighting, perfect focus. this picture could benefit from a larger resolution and maybe a slightly brighter filter, but i'll give you the 10 for being the only person to take a classic, almost cliched example and breathe it to life.

Bent Shadow (Corollary to "Unbent Shadow" from the "Shadows II" Challenge.)
by GolferDDS

Comment:
I just think that this is the embodiment of this genre, this contest. Still life. But still life moves, still life has motion and character and personality. Your picture is so simple but so intriguing. The textures you used are awesome, just awesome. one of the reasons you won't win is because of the writing on the back of the fork, but who am i to judge the whole competition. good luck!

Sunflower
by thelsel

Comment:
Well, I don't like the drip coming from the faucet. And you definitely shouldn't win this competition because there are pictures that exemplify still life better than this one, and are more beautiful than this one. That being said, this is by far the best use of color I've ever seen in a photograph in my life. You've gotta enter this into another contest, one dealing with color, or fun images, or flowers, or something. I'd work on a background for this picture, if possible.

Doorway To No Where
by Rooster

Comment:
why. to go into greater detail as requested: I don't know what this photograph seeks to do. it looks to be the face of an old cuckoo clock or something of that nature, with leaves. no background, just pure white. i'm so confused by your choice, and yet i can't be carried away by its beauty or its design, because it's not beautiful and it's poorly designed. the stem's showing, the colors clash, there's no lighting, no spacial recognition, no grasp of texture. play around with this subject more, but here's the trick: don't be afraid to step outside yourself. you obviously are very creative (hopefully you know what the setup of this picture means), so seek to convey your meaning through unique design. if the setup in fact has no meaning, you have to work extra hard to make people think it has meaning. i can't find the connection between leaves and clocks off the top of my head, but maybe you can if you were to explore your subject more creatively through the lens of your camera.