An Idle rope is a snake's workshop!!
by photobuddy

Comment:
Pretty cool shot. I think the prop snake looks way too much like a prop snake, and a dime store prop at that. Might have used a lense/aperture that would have maintained sharp focus on the rope while easing up a tad on the snake so it doesn't come across looking as fake. Like the background and the lighting overall.

A Simple Rope
by kh82791

Comment:
Too close to the background so all the wrinkles in the fabric show. Time not spent pulling the background fabric taut to remove the large fold on the right. White as a background for this was a poor choice. Top of head sticking up at the bottom of the photo doesn't work. Composition could have better played up the triangular shape made of arms and robe but here the arms are sort of haphazardly arranged and the shot is off balance. Finally, looks like this was shot with a flash or some really harsh straight-on light making for some nasty shadows.

Lifeline
by chunky

Comment:
Cool patterns on the rope. I think the photo would have been better just presenting those patterns as the subject rather than the metal object, especially since the lower left part gets thrown out of focus.

Just-A-Swinging
by BeckyT

Comment:
Not bad but lacks contrast and appears over-sharpened.

Pulley
by theson

Comment:
Interesting composition. Nice colors, like the texture on the rusty pulley and the rope. See some sharpening halo's or something around the objects, whatever it is gives it a bit of an artificial look. Overall not bad. Good job.

Grey Dingy
by sailjo

Comment:
Probably would have worked better in black and white, but would have worked better either way if not shot in such intense sunlight. Some nice shapes in the rope, nice textures on that piece of wood. The lighting sort of washes everything out though. Composition is a little on theboring side, might have been nice to skip the grass and just really get in on that rope and/or the rope and board behind it. Nice shot.

The softness of little souls...
by Agaricus

Comment:
Very nice, nailed the effect quite well. Just a tad dark, would like to see more of the deer. Good job.

Novice Attempt
by zymara

Comment:
Don't care for the title, but assuming it is true...

If you tried to make this photo soft focus at all, you need to increase the effect. This is a very nice picture for this challenge because the softer focus would make those flower colors and the snow on the mountain have a nice glow, giving the whole picture a very dreamy look which would work well with your subject matter here. It would please my eye a bit more if the peak of the mountain was pushed over to the right edge of the shot and the slope came down from there. This is not a bad picture though, so look forward to seeing you get even better.

Down
by willagher

Comment:
Very nice shot, I wish it had soft focus because that feather would just glow against the background.

Lazy Afternoon on Big Creek
by lynnmarie

Comment:
Nice shot, need to increase the glow/soft focus. Lots of stuff here would have looked really good with the effect.