There is no Spoon
by mbardeen

Comment:
Beautiful. I love how the spoon gets lost into the white background. ~9

Hole In The Wall
by aurora

Comment:
Very nice. I like the focus. The pink flowers are a nice touch. ~9

Cellar Still Life
by sylandrix

Comment:
I'm not sure why I like this picture, but I really do. One of my two 10s this week.

Come Away With Me
by arnit

Comment:
Very, very beautiful! Where is this? I'm trying to make out the flag, and it almost looks blue/white/blue. Love the rocks in the front. ~10

Smiley Girl
by Mixi

Comment:
Bunny, you look beautiful!

I Shoot 'Em, I Just Never Submit 'Em
by f-32

Comment:
Good one! I wonder, I wonder ... might you be Canadian? ~8

LIFE
by swaroskji

Comment:
Still my favourite - and I thought it would do much better, it deserves to do better IMHO. Congratulations to your friend, she's beautiful!

Sports Illustrated
by RiderGal

Comment:
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Great job!

Bubbles
by BobsterLobster

Comment:
FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Hello, Bob,

The lovely lady is really lovely! So is this image.

First impression: This is one of those images that make you smile and think of words such as "magical". The unexpected choice of BW works well here. I say "unexpected" because at least in my mind bubbles are ussually associated with colour. IMHO it meets the challenge just fine.

Light: Excellent. The skin-tones are beautiful. The light bubbles against the dark background are very good. I'm wondering, how did you convert this picture to BW? It must not be a straight conversion to greyscale.

Focus: Very good. The face/hand are nicely in focus, the background is appropriately blurred, the bubbles are in and out, floating. I really like how the bubble that's being formed and the bubble wand show movement over time, and that even though the shutter speed you used wasn't all that slow.

Composition: First, I love the square format for this shot. The thin white mat is very appropriate. Composition overall is excellent, with the exception of the path in the background. It is hard to tell, but the picture might be better if the path were not there (so you have a lot of landscaping to do now!).

Overall: Very good entry to this challenge, and your final score shows it. BTW, about your other picture in your portfolio, "Enjoying a Kiss", that is your wife again, right? I hope that's you with her!

Take care,

Ursula (uabresch)
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Wax Melts Wax
by Mixi

Comment:
FROM THE CRITIQUE CLUB

Hi, Little Bunny,

Guess who got your picture to critique for the Critique Club? ME!!!

OK. I think this was a good entry, especially for your first time entering a picture to a challenge. I thought it was really nice how you came up with the idea all by yourself, and set it up and took it all by yourself. I think you're going to be a good photographer when you grow up.

Like a couple persons said below, it would have been nice that the top candle were a different colour or colours (it DOES look a little bit like "you know what"). Also, it might have been better if you would have used some other form of light rather than the flash (that would have helped a lot with both reflections on the metal and shadows). I think that you could also have turned the candleholder so that the label doesn't show.

Things that I like are the black background, the way you got in quite close to the candles to take the picture, and that it is nicely in focus.

I think, little bunny, that one of the problems with taking pictures is that what looks interesting to me (or you) may not look all that interesting to other people. So, your problem as a photographer is not only to take a good picture, but one that will get people to stop and take another look, and wonder about it, and come back, both for the beauty of it and the story behind it.

Keep going, sweetie, but remember, the Fuji is still mine for a little while longer :) I love you,

Mami (uabresch)