Fruit Fiesta
by Giorgio

Comment:
Lovely image makes me want to grab that apple and bite into it! The warmth of the light and the contrast between the golden orange/ yellow and the green backdrop work well. The water droplets definitely add interest. The horizontal curve of the foreground apple (starting in one corner and sweeping up into the frame) and the vertical curve of the stem sweeping backwards in the opposite direction make for a really strong composition.

'heggberta'
by suemack

Comment:
Excellent composition, the head itself almost frames the body behind and I like the angle the line of the crown and beak makes into the frame. Colours work too and the green background and white body are both satisfyingly blurred.

Bubbles
by Gatorguy

Comment:
Simplicity works well here, both in terms of composition and lack of colour. Nice bokeh - I like the defraction of the reflected light. Nice use of light and shadow.

Frost
by TallisMan

Comment:
Wow, this one is just gorgeous. The rims of frost (or is it sugar?) create such perfect outlines to the shapes of the leaves and help it really pop from the perfectly blurred background. Absolutely gorgeous!

ablaze
by ursula

Comment:
Wow, what lovely bokeh! The softness feels almost tangible, like a soft duvet! Beautiful colours too.

Last Summer's Lilies
by RKT

Comment:
Lovely light and I like the colours, especially the contrast between yellows and whites in the foreground and blue behind. I also like the contrast between the sharp details of the foreground lily and the soft outline behind. Not sure that the taller one works in this composition as it's stem cuts through the foreground lily and the lower part of it's flower doesn't work for me either.

Morning
by coryxmorton

Comment:
Like the shallow DOF and the softness it gives to the cakes behind. The composition/ cropping does't work for me - particularly the way the cup is clipped at the left edge.

Red Beads Dropping Down, It Is Such That May Be Wild, Stems Piercing The Day
by timfythetoo

Comment:
Love the lines, spheres and colours. Shallow DOF works very well in this one!

Ok, You Got Me
by wsteyn

Comment:
Nice composition, love the framing provided by the plant leaf sections. Overall, feels a touch dark but the detail/ exposure on the chameleon is lovely.

Strange Love
by goc

Comment:
I have searched through the challenge for those entries where the negative space is more than just a plain black or white backdrop because, whilst I think that technique often makes for some really strong and high impact images, I̢۪m particularly drawn to entries where the negative space is relevant to the subject itself and actually contributes to the impact of the picture in a contextual as well as purely compositional way.

I̢۪m such a sucker for shallow DOF and I really like it here. The DOF really focuses attention on the main pink flower (and somewhat on the second one just behind) but the inclusion of a thick slice of grass and large expanse of stone wall provides an interesting environment, colour balance and composition.