One Fish - Rust Fish
by Alicia

Comment:
I love the combination/contrast of the rusty texture and the wood texture. Nice cropping. I think the frame works well here -- unlike many others that add a letterbox to try to be cool, the letterbox border actually compliments the lines/flow of this image.

FoosPlayer
by massmediakid31

Comment:
I like to look at the lower scoring photos in order to learn more about what mistakes to avoid. In this case, I am toally lost. This is a great shot, well composed with a excellent use of color and DOF. Not sure what the rest of the voters did not like. Must have been the subject, I guess.

Message edited by author 2010-08-08 06:31:40.

Clean Energy Industry (Solar Dish Farm)
by FocusPoint

Comment:
What a lovely photo. The clouds in dishes are a great touch. My eye however is drawn to the stark white bands and letterbox black border. I think a simple border would have worked much better here and let your photo draw me in rather the then border.

Magic Hat
by millsa

Comment:
I like what you did with this one. The red and the back make a nice contrast. I like all the colored lights. I think the large aperture (which gave the nice bokeh) hurt you with the focus on the hat. If the stars had been sharper they would have stood out more. I am also not sure about the angle. Perhaps shooting from a lower angle would have had less hat brim and more of the part with the stars.

Heedless
by pixelpig

Comment:
I like the diagonal composition, where the leaves lead you to the flower. The narrow DOF pushes the green leaves out of focus very nicely. The black background isolates the subject nicely. On the negative side the higlights on the edges of the flower are very bright and are a bit ditracting. Also the narrow DOF is hurting you here as some of the petal edges seem out of focus.

The viewpoint is a little common and may not standout within a competetive Free Study environment. I like macro (and am jealous of your lens -- and I have a A350 to boot). You could try differnt angles and aperature sizes and see what provides more of a wow factor to excite the viewers. Not always easy to do :)

pink blush
by liberty

Comment:
I love all the textures here. The lighitng is great creating nice interplay of light and dark.

Equivalent Balance
by peter

Comment:
Somewhat a stock shot, but the added twist of the offset stacking really adds to teh impact. Well done. Lighting is great.

untitled
by eyeduphotos

Comment:
Very nice. Alsmost look like 3 photos superimposed on each other which is a nice effect to pull off in one image. The ripples and relections are facinating.

Three
by fotofan

Comment:
Very nice with the softness and use of DOF. I like the arrangement and composition. The white backdrop while blown out works very well here.

Spring Tulips
by Ja-9

Comment:
I really like the way the 3 tulips arch in unison. All of the greens set of the read nicely. bAckdrop of course makes the 3 subject stand out perfectly