Chikubi
by risu81

Comment:
the left side and the top of the nipple are too blurry, you should try and get everything in focus. and yes, i know that's tough with macros, but necessary for these kind of shots. the hairs are very distracting, and so are the dark specs below and to the right of the nipple that look like dirt. -- gr8photos (2)

Slide Sleeve
by Isaac

Comment:
good idea for texture. i think i would've tried to crop this one a little more on the right to get rid of the background nd make this look a little more abstract. maybe also add a little more space to the left (if poss) to include the buttons more, they make a nice focal point. -- gr8photos (4)

Morning Rain
by Ripi

Comment:
how do i know it's really morning? j/k. i'm sorry to say that this photo is not appealing to me at all, despite the fact that it is in focus, and the colors are ok (for the subject), too. there's just nothing to hold my interest, sorry. -- gr8photos (3)

Saggy Baggy
by Patella

Comment:
awesome shot. congratulations on a very well deserved ribbon!

Saggy Baggy
by Patella

Comment:
WOW! what great texture and colors, too. then there's the composition and crispness, i really have nothing to suggest to do differently here. definitely in my top 5 this week, well done! :) -- gr8photos (10)

interweave
by Jenguin

Comment:
nice texture. i wonder why you made this b&w? was it colored straw? otherwise color would've been nice. of course, i'm getting the same comments on my b&w entry this week and there was no way i could've submitted the color version ... so that may be the case here, too. the only other thing is that there's a lot of too dark areas right in the middle of your photo. would it have been possible to take the photo from a different angle, for example the area that is at the top where the lighting was more even? nice composition btw. -- gr8photos (5)

soft texture
by jimsapp

Comment:
your title implies that you may have chosen this soft focus deliberately. did you? for me, personally, it doesn't work. i would like to see more of the plants in focus. maybe (depending on what is to the right) to even take a shot further to the right so the plants in the left don't poke into the shot in the LL corner) and more of the leachen (sp?) texture in the UR corner to contrast the softness. just my 2cents. -- gr8photos (3)

Touch Me!
by Cowgirl

Comment:
this is a great texture idea, and i like the title, even though i wouldn't want to touch, looks like i would hurt myself. the white strip down the side is good, too, what would've really improved your shot in my opinion is to use the unsharpen mask before posting. i just did this in an editing program and then the texture really popped out at me. -- gr8photos (4)

Flourish
by Cheetah

Comment:
i'm trying to figure out why you inverted the colors. i went and 'uninverted' them to look at your original picture and i liked those colors better. but then - that's just my personal taste. i did think you could see the texture there a little better. -- gr8photos (4)

Trees shadowed like smoke
by steelbur

Comment:
hm. i can see why you took this for shadow, and the lines make it a little more abstract. still, unfortunately, this shot doesn't look so interesting to me (subject wise) and i'm not sure what i would suggest as a change. sorry. -- gr8photos (3)