Still Life
by Wildpurple

Comment:
Critique per your request: I like this and I see I gave it a 6 in voting. For me that means I liked it but it didn't blow me away or have strong personal appeal. Nice colors.Perhaps what kept it in the mid 5's is that it wasn't abstract enough. I see my own entry in this challenge, which I really like, didn't quite hit that magic 6 either.

I like to do abstracts, but they don't tend to have mass appeal. They do better when it is an abstract themed challenge topic. When I enter an abstract in a non-abstract challenge, I don't expect it to do anywhere near the top.

Purple
by Wildpurple

Comment:
Critique per your request: The edge of the flowers against the background is harsh and I'm not sure the selective color works for this, though I see what you were trying to highlight by using it. Selective color is tricky and I don't do it often. I think I have just one photo of mine in my personal faves that I did selective color on.

Wooden
by Wildpurple

Comment:
Critique per your request: There' a lot of nice detail in this wood. I think some higher contrast and maybe some minor clarity adjustment could help to bring that out.

Playing My Records
by Wildpurple

Comment:
Critique per your request: This one appears a bit grainy and soft. I see you shot this with your Coolpix L30, not the EM10. Aperture is wide open and the ISO is raised to 400 because you were shooting in low indoor light. For a camera like that, those settings account for the softness. I'd bet if you shot this with your EM10, it would have performed well enough with the lens wide open that you could have gotten some of the finer details of the record grooves to show. Playing with the angle of the light could also do some interesting things reflecting on the record.

Flying High - Brown Pelican
by crik

Comment:
Such strange and fascinating birds.

Winter Pacific
by LevT

Comment:
Looks like he is racing the pelicans! The subject isn't grungy, but the texture is. That works, and I really like the shot.

Maybe next year...
by zolika13

Comment:
I gave it an 8. I really liked the story you were conveying with this.

Dance!
by bjoern

Comment:
I've tried to catch such clarity of motion during a performance in low light and it is not easy. Well done.

Alien Departure
by Zeus

Comment:
Not totally sure what you are trying to show me. Maybe the flare in the upper right looking like some kind of warp tunnel or black hole?

Characters
by Neat

Comment:
Not sure how much of a candid this is, as they appear to be posing for another camera to your right, but I like it. Some interesting expressions to be found.