Purple Shell
by cryan

Comment:
Interesting. I think the DOF is a bit too shallow though. That is somewhat a matter of opinion though. Lots of people like this sort of extreme blurring of foreground and background (bokeh?).

Busy
by neenee1999

Comment:
Nice freeze and an overall good photo but not quite capturing the texture, IMO. The flowers are a bit overexposed and I'm not seeing much textural detail in the bee.

Sheep in Sheep's Clothing
by e301

Comment:
Very nice texture detail. The eye looks fabulous. I like the quirky cropping. It seems a tad contrasty to me in the area of the sheep's face.

Soft & Spiky
by timfythetoo

Comment:
This is a bit too contrasty for me. There is very little midtone detail. I really dislike the pink color cast that I'm seeing on my monitor. With an extra light pointed more toward the background you could have eliminated quite a bit of the harsh shadows under the ribbon. This looks like a case where the camera was fooled by the white background, thus the lack of good detail in the dark vegetation. Shooting a subject with a great deal of tonal contrast can be tricky because of the different exposure requirements. In this case, capturing the texture of the vegetation should take precedent. Nice effort.

Fiery Filaments
by DianaB

Comment:
Interesting texture and color. I'm not crazy about this kind of narrow cropping though.

One Last Caress
by taterbug

Comment:
I don't care for thin red border but I like this photo a lot. Very painterly.

Worn and Weathered
by karmat

Comment:
Very nice exposure and cropping. This reminds me of a couple of photos in my portfolio, actually. I think the blades of grass in the corner detract a bit but I can see how it would be hard to crop them out.

Patterns
by graphicfunk

Comment:
It kind of looks like an astronomical photo. Good capture of texture. The orange could have a titch more detail in the shadow area. I'm not sure I love the color---I don't know if this is selective desaturation or if the pebbly texture is that color but I'm not crazy about the effect.

Beauty By The Seashore
by Techo

Comment:
Luminous. Very pretty capture. It reminds me a bit of a photo of seaweed I have in my portfolio. Great image quality and perfect exposure, IMO. I haven't seen all the entries yet but this should be in the top 5.

"Peanut on Black"
by tfarrell23

Comment:
Who knew a peanut could look this good? I'd like to see a bit more of the shadow detail on the shell holding the peanut---just in the front rounded bit under the rim.