Alien plant (neg)
by asij

Comment:
Bizzar and fun to look at, but in the end more of a game than a piece of art. Too unreal for this "botany" topic.

Orchid Stem Study
by Beagleboy

Comment:
Lovely and delicate - I particularly like that you've chosen to show the back of the flower, not the front - the dark line of the stem leads the eye from flower to flower (wish the curve at the top wasn;t cropped so tight!). The lighting illuminates the petals and the washed out white of the background is an effectve background. 8

Fire in August
by newtune3

Comment:
Nice use of DOF to isolate your subject. I wish the bottom of the left-most pod were in the picture - the pod is the main subject being the one in sharp focus, but having in go off the bottom leads the eye away from the picture before you get a chance to look at the rest of the image,

Perpetual Search For Water
by cooliak

Comment:
A fun idea! The roots reaching out to the watering can are great! I think if the spout were pointed away from the plant it would create more motivation. The light is too yellow - you can adjust in the camera before you shoot of fix in photoshop. A whiteboard placed right would get rid of relections in the surfaceof the watering can.

Father & Son
by s4nd3r99

Comment:
Nice composition. The lighting doesn't do justice to the details that must be in these ferns - backlighting or some dramatic light from both sides.

COMO
by FrostyPaws

Comment:
I like isolating the sculpture amid the green - between the rounded green hedges below and the vertical lines of the trees above. Gives the eyes places to wander but always come back to the obvious point of focus. The light on the sculpturewashed out the details on the top of the left side. Perhaps a slighting darker exposure.

a new hope
by Phileine

Comment:
Simple is a good idea. I wish leaves were a little sharper - more detailed. Backlighting can give more detail in leaves. The blue shadows are a biit odd particularly the shadowon the top left. An even and empty background would work better.

'Cerasus' [a cherry tree or cherry]
by bobdaveant

Comment:
I like the range of reds. The focus is soft and the effect makes the cherries glow a bit. I wish there were a spot to focus of but the composition feels random. The blurry leaves in the forground make the viewer fight to see the image - perhaps narrow down the subject by finding an angle with a few leaves and berries that can be shot all in focus.

Slow Down!
by soup

Comment:
Nice capture! I like the angle of the bird swooping in toward the flower. The green stem in the background distracts - removing it and having just the dark background with mottled bits of green would make the bird "pop" better.

Aborigine
by StevePax

Comment:
Fun idea - a house plant from a wooden man persective. The lighting here washes out the leaves and the grain of the wood - perhaps with lighting from the sides could create some more drama or mystery? If your figure belongw to this "landscape" perhaps you could give him (her) some leafy clothing or some other touch to make him fit in better.