Shapes, Color, and ... Pie?!
by indigo997

Comment by Cub:
And pastel!! I like the shot, the composition, and especially the colors. The only thing I would change is a little less light on the top of the cream.. Cub

Shapes, Color, and ... Pie?!
by indigo997

Comment by ChrisW123:
Perfect cropping although I'd like to see the background pattern running either perfectly straight up and down or at a 45 degree angle. Nice picture!

Shapes, Color, and ... Pie?!
by indigo997

Comment by SharQ:
Great idea, but not sure about the wool the plate is placed on - a finer textile (cotton? Filt?) would probably have been more suitable. Not a bad shot, however. (7)

Shapes, Color, and ... Pie?!
by indigo997

Comment by decoteau:
Great colors!

Shapes, Color, and ... Pie?!
by indigo997

Comment by vestanpance:
Composition is excellent but there's something which doesn't seem quite right and I'm not sure what it is! Perhaps it's the shine from glaze of the bowl, perhaps it's the stitching of the pink background fabric.

A Melancholy Song
by indigo997

Comment by Zeissman:
This is great.

The Strong, Silent Type
by indigo997

Comment by SharQ:
(- Critique Club -)

This is a very strong image indeed. The inverse diagonals of the light/dark under the tree and the clouds on the opposite side draw your image to the right of the image.

But.. uh.. there is nothing there. It might seem ironic somehow, but my eyes are actually pulled away from the tree. I think this might be the reason for why the image fails a little bit in my eyes; In an image that has such incredibly strong visual pull towards the right, you sould almost wait to find something in the intersection of shadow and light. Anything would have done. Somebody sitting with their back to the camera (a nude? A naked back, for example? An old wooden chest, perhaps? A pot of gold? Anything, really).

Technically the image is very good, but it could easily have been sharpened several degrees; I want to see the individual branchlets of that tree! (if you don't know how to sharpen an image,

have a look at this tutorial). Furthermore, a tad more contrast would also have been an option, although the clouds are already burnt out (I know you have a tremendous span in this image - bit I still believe your image is a tiny tad overexposed)

When all that bickering is done; That is a damn fine image you have there, my friend! There is a good reason for why I gave this thing an 8.

Haje Jan (SharQ)

The Strong, Silent Type
by indigo997

Comment by indigo997:
I actually chose this time of day on purpose so that I could get that shadow. I like the layering it creates. I took this from outside a fence while my bf stopped on the road. Maybe next time I'll brave the barbed wire so that I can move to the right a little for a better composition. Winter is just NOT the prettiest time of year to photograph my region. There are also trees just off the left side of the frame so that is why it is cropped just where it is on that side. I did use a polarizer to help the sky, and I did up the saturation a bit. Winter is just too blah.

The Strong, Silent Type
by indigo997

Comment by janfries:
wonderful composition! I like the simplicity of this one.

The Strong, Silent Type
by indigo997

Comment by HBunch:
Love the colors and the strong diagonal at the bottom. The angle and framing/cropping are excelent. Great lighting conditions. The tree is great, and the background behind the tree is beautiful. Great focus and clarity. The clouds are almost too bright, but not quite. wouldn't want them any brighter though. Great view. Good luck in the challenge.