Disappearing act
by holiday

Comment:
I think you could have used a different background for the flowers than a wooden table top. The peachy colored background clashes with the violet. Pure white would have been more effective. I don't like the black empty space at all. Maybe this could have been shot from a sharper angle? Good focus on the foreground flower.

Blocked Out
by backslash

Comment:
Very nice design. I really dislike the busy red border though.

Lunch Time
by NstiG8tr

Comment:
Nice color and composition. I like that the curvy lines of the squirrel's back and tail are echoed in the snow bank. The negative space is broken up very nicely. Very nice sharp detail on the squirrel.

Squirrel in Prayer
by Pedxer

Comment:
Your title is silly but this is a nice picture of a squirrel.

Presentiment of Death
by grus

Comment:
This is kind of hokey for my taste and almost as a rule I hate selective desaturation, but I do like the background quite a bit. I like the the way the gates create a visual maze leading you in and out of the picture. I think I would have enjoyed this more without the dying flower and instead the focus being on the headstone. The flower just interrupts my enjoyment of the background.

Light at the End of Christmas
by Mansonsdesdemona

Comment:
A nice effort. I don't quite understand your title. I think a colored card for the blurred background would have been more effective in adding some interest than then one that is shown here. The red ribbon in the front looks like a stab at framing and using color for contrast but I think the red would have been more effective in the background (as previously noted regarding the card). The ribbon isn't quite framing the shot so much as adding a distracting element to the composition. The sphere of light created by the flame would have been a nice visual element as it echoes the curves on the rim of the bowl and the bowl itself, but it winds up competing for attention with the red and blue ribbons and the busy looking graphic on the card. I think eliminating the ribbons would have made this a much simpler, effective image. The size of this entry borders on being to small to effectively evaluate, for future reference.

BONUS
by bikefreak

Comment:
I like the color and the pinball machine as subject matter but ultimately the blurred background looks more interesting to me than the foreground.

The Spoon
by lowonenergy

Comment:
This could have been sharper around the rim of the spoon. I feel like the spoon could be looming a bit larger in the frame. This small, it lacks the boldness it takes to make a shot of an ordinary object really dynamic. I like the nice soft blur of the handle in the distance and the pristine white background .

Crimson Zen
by elee3009

Comment:
I like the bold contrast of purple and orange and the blurred lights in the background. The smaller incense stick and the odd lumpy shape behind complicate the composition.

Alstromeria: Peruvian lily
by AzCKelly

Comment:
This is kind of ho-hum to me. I think eliminating the mums in the background so that there is only a single species represented would have lent more weight to your title and made for a simpler composition. The bright magenta, although it is blurred draws the eye to no effect. The leaf at the bottom of the frame should have either been cropped or placed in the frame in a more thought out way. As it is, it is competing with the flower for focus.