Cowboy Cookware
by s_bfern

Comment:
Great subject and colors. The composition is a little uninteresting, maybe a different angle or creative crop. And of course make it bigger so we can appreciate the details!

Left in the North
by stina

Comment:
What an amazing subject for this challenge. I'd rotate to straighten our your horizon and of course make it bigger so we can appreciate it more!

Windflowers and rust
by mannen

Comment:
A nice find of a rusty item among some flowers, but I'd like to see a bit more interesting composition - maybe a little closer to the subject. Good colors - the exposure on the white flowers seems a little hot.

Rusted Ruy Lopez
by frychikn

Comment:
A little blurry, a little overexposed. Not a clear sense of composition. Maybe a little rotation and closer cropping to get rid of the distracting background.

Old Spring House with Rusty Roof
by digitaldave

Comment:
Beautiful lush colors and textures - very nice composition and framing. I love this photo - it's evocative of a wonderfully tranquil place where I'd be happy to sit around and watch the roof rust.

Fossilized
by Bibliophile

Comment:
What a wonderful find. I love the combination of the textures and the way the decomposed leaf left its imprint on the corroded metal.

Rusted Faith
by taterbug

Comment:
An interesting subject. The composition is a little odd, by putting so much ground in the bottom of the frame - I think it would have benefitted from a slightly more diagonal positioning of the book as the binding of the book touching both edges of the frame just leads my eye off the photo.

abstract
by rhipster

Comment:
Beautiful color, shadow and composition. I'm not keen on the border, but that may be be a personal thing.

Curvature of an Egg
by leaf

Comment:
Greetings from the Critque Club!

Composition: The placement of the ladybug and the horizon of the egg in the upper third really helps to bring this together visually. As I stated during the competition, I'd like to see more of the egg - the title is really the only thing that tells me that it is an egg, I don't know if it'd get that without it and I like the idea of the similarly shaped subjects.

Background: Good neutral background keeps our eyes on the subject.

Camera Work: (Focus/DOF/) the focus is just a little soft on the bug, I'd like to see the legs and head very crisp on this. DOF is spot on.

Post Processing: n/a

Appropriateness for the challenge: very - gives a sense of scale to both objects. More egg would help me.

My Opinion: A very nice shot, pleasing and with a sense of whimsy. The colors are wonderful. I've seen a lot of ladybugs that are more orange lately in my yard and they wouldn't have worked nearly as well as this wonderfully rich colored one.

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Divine Proportions ?
by t_online

Comment:
Very intriguing shot. I like the subject. I wonder about the composition, if it couldn't be improved with more of the pinky finger on the left. I like the color choice and balance. Highly original shot. Good work!