Hydrophobic
by GolferDDS

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Top of the hat to you. I am sure I would never be able to take a shot like this, or any with insects whatsoever.
bump to max

Keepers of the Herd
by grahamgator

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Beautiful and nostalgic

Outside Myself
by posthumous

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Originally posted by LevT: You look like a Russian monk here. Or Andrey Rublev from the eponymous Tarkovsky̢۪s movie. And the mirror feels like an icon. Well composed, I like your framing within a frame

Lev nailed it. Wonderful shot. Tarkovsky yes -a must see. Rublev, The Mirror â€Â¦. All of his work plus his Polaroids

Mementos Mori
by Bear_Music

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Formidable image

still life found
by tnun

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I was your 10 and happy to see this recognized by this crowd that it not too often enthusiastic.
I am your fan since , from my very beginning here

still life found
by tnun

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Splendid

Once a lily
by hajeka

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Beautiful old age

The Long Sleep
by jomari

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Wonderful little poem here. 10

Death. The Inverse of Life.
by Lydia

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Save for the title, this is an amazing image. The big sleep

In the kitchen
by mariuca

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Originally posted by MargaretNet: I probably appreciate your work more now after looking at it again. I loved the colors, textures and the light but two things stopped me from really liking it - the sharp vertical line in the center plus the front onion's position and strong lighting. The vase, the table and the paper bag were perfect :) PS I am not a trained artist so what do I know, I might be completely wrong.

Thank you Margaret for your opinion. I don't think that you have to be a trained artist to have an opinion but a person with a taste for the arts and some exposure to it. Moreover, trained artists are stubbornly immersed in their way of thinking or doing things!
The abc's of photography such as rule of thirds or symmetry etc bore me although for beginners are useful like drawing from gypsum statues in the first years of art schooling. I think that I am missing so much of the technical aspect in photography which makes me very shy when I read what some of you are playing with.

I understand your point of view - I quite liked the sharp line dead center - that's how I started the composition. I understand Marry Ann's comment on de-centering the composition. I stick to my gun though.

For really interesting reading or videos google Matisse/Picasso MoMa show in 2003 -
Thank you everybody for the comments and patience to read this.