Absolute stillness
by json

Comment:
This is a lovely scene. Have you tried b/w? It stands to really shout in duotone. Nice work.

Balance
by aberration

Comment:
Nice work! I like the composition here with the rocks off center. The background is inviting and peaceful.

oliva olio linguina
by PurpleFire

Comment:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

This is a fun image, and I think it's pretty effective in trying to "taste" a bit abstract. I like the strong light from the left, which implied a negative space and endows by its overexposure in places the noodles with some special-ness. The fork is also well placed in the frame, on a third, and there is some negative space at lower right that helps to take my mind beyond the photo to think of profound things.

This is a high key photo, and a duotone. The high key does help sell the product, but the duotone, while creating some interesting lines and textures for the abstract food challenge, does little to make the noodles appetizing (of course, that was not your aim here).

The depth of field is well used, though you could even open the lens wider if you wanted to create more blur, and add more negative space--and hence more thought--to the photo.

All in all, this is a nice shot. Congratulations!

David

Screwing down the color
by russi

Comment:
Howdy and greetings from the Critique Club!

This is a bright, vivid image that is simple and effective in its communication.

I imagine that this would have scored higher if it were more, well, abstract. But outside of that, it's a fine image.

The red apple is well placed in the frame, and you chose the colors well. I can also appreciate your lighting, which adds a bright, cheery glow to everything. The fruit looks appetizing to be sure!

It's an interesting concept to have a screw going into some fruit. To be even more clear, you might try using more familiar or "archetypal" tools, like a screwdriver instead of the bent screwing tool you have here.

The cropping is also good, since it implies that the scene goes on and on.

So nice work and it looks like a fun shot!

David

Frozen Delight
by KHolt

Comment:
Hello and greetings from the Critique Club!

This is an image full of colors and texture. It certainly is abstract, and I find it lovely and engaging.

I like how you've used various diagonals here, which give the photo some dynamism and increased interest. The colors also work well. The red in the middle is framed by the berries at upper left and corn (?) at left.

Your depth of field creates an area of sharpness right in the middle, then it slowly tapers off. It might be more evocative to decrease the depth of field by adding some more drastic blur. At F13, that's a small aperture, and it might be fun to experiment with a larger one. Often, blurry areas seem to help the mind go beyond the photo, as it were, and think of profound things....that's the thought behind it, anyway. In any case, your choice here isn't enthusiastic either way, so we have a sharp area and an area that's not sharp, but also not very blurry. Sorry to make a big deal out of this, but with no negative space to speak of, it would be nice to experiment to see if you can either create some negative space by adding blur, or make everything perfectly sharp. Starting to ramble. Sorry!

Your sharpening here shows some good skill, and this is a difficult photo to sharpen with all those white ice specks.

I also love the various shapes and textures here--it really is a good offering for an abstract with so much to look at and experience.

Nice work!

David Sidwell

Carnival: Lines in a Wheel
by cloudsme

Comment:
Full of life and movement. I love it!

Lifelines
by e301

Comment:
Really super work! I love the moment and effect.

Heaven and Earth
by Sammie

Comment:
This is really lovely! I love the effect of almost movement in the sand.

view from below
by diner24

Comment:
Very interesting and intriguing abstract image. I like the composition with the negative space at left. I also like the colors here.

Blood Feather
by landcamera

Comment:
Simple, lovely and effective. I like how you've placed the main stem line here. Just right.