Colors of a poor city
by denispray

Comment:
I love the juxtaposition of the pale soft, happy colors and this capture of a really poor section of town. It adds an interesting contrast. Rather some irony that a depressed section of town should be so colorful. Looking forward to seeing some back story on this shot.

Queen of Pastels
by Machtel

Comment:
Absolutely great lighting and lovely details. Love the colors and everything about the composition from hue to texture speaks and feels "soft" . Very well done - I expect to see this in the top 5.

Party
by liangdawei

Comment:
Love the soft hues of pink and green. The damselflies indeed look like they are at a party - mayhap a tea and cookies party:-) Never seen so many gathered together.

muted bathtime
by missymoo

Comment:
This is one of the few Pastel entries I keep coming back too. This soooo has a feel of a beach house down on the shore. Soft morning light comes through the window to gently light the powder blue of the tub and the soft cream tones of the paneled wainscoting. The wall has a sea-foam hue -soft grey with a touch of sea green. The mood projected is soft and soothing. I love the ducks in a row on the ledge. As much as I love the addition of the ducks which add a playful touch I wish that they had the added extra touch of being filled with a pale yellow soap/bath gel. Not only would it strengthen the rubber duckie in the bathtub playfulness but it would have further strengthened the pastel hues by adding one more. The sharpness and lighting on the feet are not the tack sharp that they could be. I also love the curve of the tub and that all we see are the legs - the anonymous nature makes it very easy for one to project oneself into the relaxing scene. As I said this captures a mood & feel of relaxing in the tub by the beach as well as having soft pale colors - it is very pleasing the to eye that I have come back to look at it several times which is why I am adding it to my favorites:-)

The secret to making moist, fluffy scrambled eggs is all in the scrambling.
by sinistral_leo

Comment:
O.k. very, very different take in the prep department. This is definately NOT the way Julia Child would make her scrambled eggs....although it might be the way the Mythbusters do;-):-) ;-) Better the explosion happens while making the dish rather than in the mouth. Photo composition most definately shows making the dish can hold plenty of action but it doesn't ensure most of the main ingredient will make it to the plate:-)

top of the food chain
by jmritz

Comment:
I have no idea what I am looking at here. Perhaps that is the recipe - to guess what this dish could be - a top hat or mayhap a bowl of something sweet or maybe even a cup of coffee. Oh, wait that MUST be it! The world is all grey and fuzzy when we awake all bleary eyed and just wanting to go back to bed. One plods into the kitchen to grab a cup of coffee - we take a look at it all blurry and sleepy before we take that first gulp that will then bring everything back into focus!!!

Cook? Me?? HA!
by bergiekat

Comment:
Dishing out the humor here are we;-) LOL, I like how you take a very relaxed, casual snack and dress it up with a high brow look:-) Serving it up in fine china - cheese puffs has now become a 'fine dining' food:-) Forget tea and crumpets bring that bowl of cheese puffs!

Pininyahang Manok
by LandzEnca

Comment:
Love the golden brown tones in the chicken, paired up with the sweet yellows of the pinapple, hot reds of the peppers and the rich greens of the onions. A sweet and spicey dish that is bold in flavor and in photo composition. Nicely lighted and very colorful dish. My one little critique is that I think that it could have been even stronger in the presentation if the crop better complimented the shot. I.E. pull back just a tad and angle it such the the curved edge of the dish would be in the bottom right corner and the edge leads up to the midpoint center on the left side. The effect would be that that piece of chicken in the forefront would 'seem' to be even more up close and personal and that there would be stronger leading lines in the composition to boost the appeal. Still, very nicely done (7).

Rustic Recipe
by tvsometime

Comment:
Lighting is good and the composition, slight grain and presentation makes it feel like a recipe posted in an very old book or aged newspaper; as such the rustic feel has been captured very well. The one flaw is that it never mentions what the ingredients will make...the item in the bowl is something I cannot identify with 100% certainty (chicken, maybe???). Even recipes in old recipe books or newspaper recipes will have the name of the dish. Color would be a big boon to the strength of the photo but then you would mayhap loose that rustic 'old recipe book/newspaper' feel that I think you were trying to capture.

sashimi
by Lelez

Comment:
Looks like a nice arrangement but I think the composition would be more stronger if you pulled back a bit more to show off the sashimi. Sounds odd but I am having trouble finding where my eye should settle and focus on. The blur of the green in the forefront center and the orange tones of the fish right behind it (some are in focus but the ones to the front are not) draw attention away from where the camera seemed to focus on the center of the dish. Pulling back a few inches would help the viewer appreciate the dish as a whole rather than the real close up view. b]OR[/b] you could increase the aperature (14 or higher) and adjust the shutter speed accordingly to a slower one to allow correct exposure to achieve a greater depth of field so that foreground and background are in nice focus. But it also means that with the slower shutter speed you will need to use a tripod to avoid blur - but the positive is that you will get a nice crisp shot of the full image. My taste buds have just now been getting into some sushi's but have not tried sashimi...that may have to be next on my list:-)