daisy impression
by ursula

Comment:
original, fresh and artistic. 8

Intimate Setting
by aboutimage

Comment:
more of a product still photo to me than a macro/close up... not saying you cant have a macro product still photo but just imo i dont think you went close up enough.

Old flowering cherry leaf. after the rain
by kiwinick

Comment:
dont know how natural the colors are but they look cool.

No Turning Back
by KaDi

Comment:
In respone to the brutally honest obsolete thread here is my hopefully constrcutive critic...

First thing that i noticed was the wierd lighting.. seems like your white balance was off, and you were mixing two types of lights which further confused your camera (seems like blue light coming from the left and tungsten light from the right)... also the image quality seems really bad.

Looking at the photo info i think i can immediately pin point the problem, you shot at 8 seconds exposure! Assuming you used a tripod and a remote to remove any camera shake it is really really hard to get fine detial from such a long exposure if whatever you are shooting isnt producing its own light. Things to take at 8 seconds are city scapes at night, moving lights of various kinds e.g. moving car trails, moving water, mulitple exposures with strobes, etc.

Take the same shot outdoors in broad daylight and compare the two...

I would also recommend you read up on exposure, aperature, shutter speeds, etc. You seem very fond of using high aperatures e.g. f16 or f20. Using such high aperatures is not necessarily a problem but using them in the wrong situations is. Also do some research on the lenses you use, find out which aperature settings give the best results.

I think once you learn good techniques you should notice a change in your scores. Also dont be afraid to sit down and read your camera manual from cover to cover.

Good luck!

Dripping from a Fork
by plfg

Comment:
needs to be bigger... looks good but its hard to tell.

Yellow Orchid
by zagman

Comment:
imo the border should not compete with the image for attention. I cannot focus on the image bcos the border keeps pulling my eye away.

What Are You Looking At?
by qmdi

Comment:
I feel this shot in many ways is about what your camera can do and lacks the personal touch and artistry that would catapult the image to the next level. I feel that technically this is a very sound image but it just feels empty on an emotional level. just my opinion, hope its helpful.

halo
by aplomb76

Comment:
awesome! brilliant idea and wonderfully presented! caught my eye from the thumbs :-) 9

Circle of Light
by Cam

Comment:
immediately reminded me of //dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=93053 which i remember well bcos it was the first challenge i ever voted on:-)
I think you had a good idea, but the final product could be more polished/finished... things like the blown out whites, noise, grain, shrpness, overall cleanness of the image, etc. Good image nevertheless.

Heroes
by Army of nOne

Comment:
really really cool idea, the quality could have been better though... although the white life savers look decent for the most part save a few jaggies here and there, the red life saver doesnt look good. imo i think it could have used a bit more light, also it looks like it has compression and sharpening artifacts. Otherwise a brilliant image! 8