The Heart of the Matter
by mgsmith53

Comment:
While the area on the left is causing an interesting effect in the bg, I find it a tad unnecessary. It really detracts from the main subject (the cross). The overall image is very highly saturated (a bit too much for my taste) but the colour is nice and warm and gives a homey feeling to the tree and cross. Your placement of the cross is okay but the composition is a little loose... a move to the right slightly would have given more visual pleasure, IMO. Also, and this is just a little personal preference thing, I would like to have seen your cross with a bit more dramatic lighting... maybe with a black card behind it to only light it from the front... Crosses, by nature, create emotion. I think the emotion here would have been better played up by a little creative light :) Good luck!

bortukan
by shay455

Comment:
Your lighting in this is really pretty. The bokeh does not lend itself to this photo. It is so dark that it almost disappears completely. Your model is not looking at the camera and because this is such a tight shot, it loses interest as we have no idea why you chose to capture her at this particular moment. If you had shot a little wider, perhaps we would see whatever she may be looking at as well.

Organic fireworks
by glennc

Comment:
While there are a lot of OOF areas in this image, I just find them to be a little bit too busy. I find myself hunting for other shapes and trying to make out what could be back there rather than enjoying the viewing pleasure of your subject. You might have considered taking out that purple flowery thing in front too... a good subject is usually alone in it's splendor. Your colour scheme is very very eye pleasing though. This idea has a lot of potential. My suggestion is to re-shoot it with some of the above suggestions in mind so you can see what kind of difference it makes. Good luck! :)

Of Course, its Gorse!
by didless

Comment:
Your light is really very nice. Your focus is either a bit soft or the lens you used is not very good because it has made your focus seem a bit soft. Placement of the main subject, the flower, could be improved, IMO. Perhaps a tad more left. Your colours here are a nice blend... yellow and blue make green... very complimentary.

Santa is coming soon
by Miep

Comment:
While this is a very creative idea for this challenge, your main subject is just too dark. We can't really get a feeling for the child's emotion here because of the underexposure. Here is a tutorial that may help.

Splash
by Retroesque

Comment:
Makes me want to go to the beach. :)

14dec3859
by Pug-H

Comment:
That is a very pretty bowl and made a lovely puzzle macro :)

14.12.08 Meet Socrates
by suemack

Comment:
Socrates should meet Dorothy (my sons rat)... then we could have little Socrateses and little Dorothys :) hehe

15-dec 08 wotever. introducing charlie
by roz

Comment:
Preen much? :) This bird is beautiful. Looks like a sweetheart too.

Lotsa' Lights
by MelonMusketeer

Comment:
That is really very pretty.