A Perfect Day for Gray
by Neil

Comment by BeckyT:
Very nice photo. Love the DOF

A Perfect Day for Gray
by Neil

Comment by JunieMoon:
Gray skies have an advantage when dealing with a challenge like this.

A Perfect Day for Gray
by Neil

Comment by Marc923:
This one looks familiar. Again, very nice. Definitely has that gray scale look to it. Well done.

Not So Still Life
by Neil

Comment by timfythetoo:
Greetings from the Critique Club -
This shot did not grab me right off the bat. You definitely met the challenge with the camera action causing the blurring motion, but if I remember correctly while I was voting I did not stay long on this shot. It did not grab my attention.

Now, coming back to look at it again with fresh eyes and time to spare I may have judged a bit too harshly. The blur does give a pretty cool pinwheel effect and the choice to have only one red rose be your focal point was good. The other flower colors blend very nicely. The background lighting does good to enhance the mellow colors and blur.

I still have a few issues though probably not anything that could have been taken care of. If there was anyway to really get the center rose to be sharp would have made this much better. You have pretty good detail though and I doubt that there was any realistic way to have the rose moving with you to keep it totally in focus. I think this would have done better with a square crop as well. With such a close crop on the three sides, it leaves the bottom negative space feeling a bit awkward in my eyes.

Overall a good variation on the challenge theme and once again I believe that I was a bit harsh in my initial vote. This shot does better with time but unfortunately that is one thing many DPC voters do not give to enough pictures. It is a pretty shot and shold have done a bit better in my current opinion. Welcome back from your short break of entries and I look forward to seeing what you do next.

Tim

Not So Still Life
by Neil

Comment by Rebecca:
This would be a nice abstract in a tighter square crop.

Not So Still Life
by Neil

Comment by Robert P:
The idea really works for this challenge.

Not So Still Life
by Neil

Comment by sherpet:
I actually like thiss one quite a lot..... it just works for me re motion blur.....

Not So Still Life
by Neil

Comment by Judi:
Awesome capture. Love the swirl of colour.

Not So Still Life
by Neil

Comment by zoeyg:
pretty boring

Not So Still Life
by Neil

Comment by kyebosh:
I really like this abstract feeling, the blur really adds to the normally dull flower scene.