Queen of Hearts
by vadvirag

Comment by crabappl3:
DOF is perhaps a little to shallow, but the colors and lighting is very well done. 9 -danny

Queen of Hearts
by vadvirag

Comment by Dave Gordon:
Great composition - I like the way the center line that's diagonal on the card cuts vertically across the photo. Is the foreground a flower or folded cloth - and is that a face in it or just coincidence?

B. (D.) C. - Before Digital Camera
by vadvirag

Comment by jmsetzler:
Greetings from the Critique Club :)

This still life is decent, but I think your depth of field may have been too shallow. The exposure level on the black camera is also a bit weak. A lot of the detail in that area is lost. The film canister on the left is also a bit out of focus. The 'depth' of the setup is fairly flat also. There is not much 'dimension' to the image. Maybe a different arrangement would have worked well. Your lighting is good.

Keep up the good work :)

Queen of Hearts
by vadvirag

Comment by Azrifel:
Great work, love the composition and how you filled the frame. The choice of that small borderline with transparent edges is great, it helps to draw the eye into the frame.
Good lighting, good deep black background and good detail in the foreground. The red and black work great together. Did you desaturate anything but the reds or does the card look as I see it here?
Minor flaw is perhaps a bit of oversharpening on the rose's petal edges. But that could also be some jpeg artifacts, because I see some jpeg compression block patterns in the rose detail as well.
Great pic. 10.

B. (D.) C. - Before Digital Camera
by vadvirag

Comment by vadvirag:
Thank you all for your helpful comments very much! This was a last minute submission, I know I should have spent much more time with it. Next time I will pay attention to all those things you have mentioned, I promise. :-)

Queen of Hearts
by vadvirag

Comment by guobin:
good to have brought the focus of the picture out

Queen of Hearts
by vadvirag

Comment by HRoxas:
Beautiful rendition. Title is right on the money.

Queen of Hearts
by vadvirag

Comment by f-32:
why would you have lines in the middle of your image? LOVED the photo. HATE the outline/frame. The photo does not need that to draw attention; the composition is good enough to draw one into the picture. The 'frame' detracts terribly. Should be a 9.

Queen of Hearts
by vadvirag

Comment by vrphotos:
Would have been a better picture without the flower... great choice of cards and background and angle, but why the flower?

Queen of Hearts
by vadvirag

Comment by ursula:
Lovely colours on the rose, it looks almost velvety. Great focus on the card. The border goes really well with this picture.