Time to Reflect
by Gracious

Comment by Kavey:
I like the soft pastel colours, which are unusual in this challenge and therefore do stand out. I love the inclusion of the flowers and candle. I am not sure the exact composition works perfectly - it's a little unbalanced from left to right. The top left corner seems a little too empty compared with the rest.
5, Kavey

Time to Reflect
by Gracious

Comment by FranziskaLang:
interesting combination to throw in the pink marbled pen with the standard yellow ones and that the pink matches the flowers. the photo seems cropped a little too tightly at the top, i constantly try and scroll to see more. the flame is a little hot, but that's hard to control. -- gr8photos (4)

Time to Reflect
by Gracious

Comment by HBunch:
This is very pretty. I could put this in the den. The pencils are obvious, but subtle. Looks like a dreamy photo. I think it's neat that it has a softer focus because of that reason. The lighting is good. Kind of a harsh glare where the flame is, but understood that it is hard to photograph fire. The angle is excelent and the color is beautiful. Well done. Good luck in the challenge.

Time to Reflect
by Gracious

Comment by KarenB:
interesting triangular composition. like how the soft colors coordinate. not sure I understand time to reflect with a candle and pencils, but that's just a personal observation.

Time to Reflect
by Gracious

Comment by Journey:
The association of the pencils with the meditative scene is rather lost on me. You used pencils because that's what the challenge said but a book, poem, music score would have made a better association. It doesn't matter (and won't reflect my score), just an observation. This is a very nice image, nice composition, lovely color scheme,mood invoking. I find the diagonal of the open tray and the pencils a little too harsh and jarring with the mood/tone of the rest of the composition which seems to call for soft lines and soft curves. Not sure I'm conveying my thoughts well here. 6 for now will revisit this later. Journey

Time to Reflect
by Gracious

Comment by evilbunnee:
Very romantic feel to this picture. The story I see behind this is someone sitting down to write a love letter to their husband or boyfriend who is off or some reason. Nicew lighting, nice feel.

Time to Reflect
by Gracious

Comment by LindaLee:
I suspect you are going to get some grief because this isn't a "high impact" shot, but I love it. Beautiful composition, colors and mood. Very nice! lhall

Splurge!
by Gracious

Comment by RockCandy:
thye came with a rose!

Splurge!
by Gracious

Comment by jkiolbasa:
Great setup, and creative challenge interpretation. The receipt is a little overkill, in my opinion.

Splurge!
by Gracious

Comment by lionelm:
I like the Idea, the colors, I am not sure the foot brings something though ....I like the picture except the lower right quarter ...