The Flower
by bcrants

Comment by bassbone:
the shadow makes the image to me - it balances the scene and gives greater depth and emphasis to the lines of "The Flower"

The Flower
by bcrants

Comment by salmiakki:
this is delightful

The Flower
by bcrants

Comment by Denise:
different perspective, I like how the folds in the dress line up with her hands, kind of give this motion, I think I would of cropped off the top and taken out the shadow, focusing more on just the ballerina, the shadow is cool and I get what you were going after, just seems like a stronger comp to me cropping the top so the black on top is about half the black on the bottom and keep her where she is on the right hand side, lovely either way

The Flower
by bcrants

Comment by bmartuch:
The perspective and the shadow is very nice.

The Flower
by bcrants

Comment by ELLIPS:
A real masterpiece: balance, lighting and this incredible use of the shadow.

The Flower
by bcrants

Comment by bvy:
Nicely executed. Her arms seem to emerge from the folds of the swirling fabric.

The Flower
by bcrants

Comment by LevT:
the shadow is great

The Flower
by bcrants

Comment by PHOTOKID:
Great lighting and excellent angle from which the was shot. I really like the overhead angle in this.

The Flower
by bcrants

Comment by MeMex2:
Brilliant!

One Pound
by bcrants

Comment by Purple_Girl:
Well, I'm truly surprised how low this ranked, I really expected it to come in much higher. The only reason I can think of is that it's very similar to your Indoor Macro II entry but it's a good shot despite that and there are often near-identical outtakes from other challenges in the free study that do well; a strange result indeed!