Life is Hard
by lmason

Comment:
...and so am I.

Anthurium
by admart01

Comment:
Greetings...

I like the composition here quite a bit and wouldn't change anything about it. Everyone can always ask you to show them something that isn't shown, and I don't usually agree with that. When I look at a photo, I ask myself 'What is the photographer showing me?' I never ask 'Why isn't the photographer showing me this?' I accept what I see as what I'm supposed to see rather than it being a mistake of sorts. The problem you often encounter is that your viewer will have preconceived notions about what something looks like. When this is the case, some of them will ask you why you didn't show them what they expected to see. In this particular case, including the rest of the leaf and some of the stem would completely change the composition and theme of this photo. Your 'texture' would lose fighting ground to shape. You would be introducing more symmetry, which is not bad, but not necessarily good either.

My preconceived notions of this flower have nothing to do with shape or texture. I see death. This is a funeral flower. I think this lily is the evil nemesis of its relative Calla lily. To me, both are funeral flowers, but the peace lily is more descriptive and more associative with the subject. There is no sensuality in the peace lily.

It's a beautiful photograph and your score reflects an overall voter satisfaction with your work...

:)

Strange Fruit
by beclo

Comment:
i hope you didn't eat these.

Multiplicity Destroys Mundanity
by Paulk

Comment:
very nice abstract... the repeating patterns are all but mundane :)

Lamp
by Mousie

Comment:
beautiful work with the light and color :)

Open Cup Mushroom
by e301

Comment:
Excellent photo. This is a good macro shot as well as a shot with lots of rich texture... great work :)

A simple flower
by loboz33

Comment:
Very nice graphic design work. I bet the underlying photograph looks decent as well but I'm disappointed that I can't judge this as a photograph.

Little Fluffy Cloud
by Imagineer

Comment:
Beautiful shot :) This is the type of thing that I could only hope to see for myself. He looks like he is quite intrigued by your presence, yet the meal continues :) Excellent capture.

Going somewhere - most likely in a head wind
by Ranger

Comment:
This is an excellent photograph. I love the low horizon and the choice of black and white here is a good one. The 'serendipity' bike rider in this photo really makes the image. Without that, there would not be much of a focal point. Good luck :)

Rippin' It!
by MichelleS

Comment:
u have to be careful doing this with those nylon pants on cause they will melt to yer ass.