Warm Patina of My Aged Wooden Bowl
by Gracious

Comment by sheyingshi88:
Pretty composition:)

Warm Patina of My Aged Wooden Bowl
by Gracious

Comment by Martin:
Lost some detail on your lemon but otherwise very nice.

Warm Patina of My Aged Wooden Bowl
by Gracious

Comment by conq:
Beautiful colors. Shading is great. But it does not fit the challenge, actually.

Warm Patina of My Aged Wooden Bowl
by Gracious

Comment by chariot:
that lemon appears to be overexposed. I don't like the knife handle cut off where its cut off. Otherwise I like the composition.

Warm Patina of My Aged Wooden Bowl
by Gracious

Comment by Frank Beckman:
Is the bowl old?

Warm Patina of My Aged Wooden Bowl
by Gracious

Comment by jmsetzler:
This is a nice composition... the lemon is a ilbble over exposed though... I love wooden bowls and I have a few old ones myself... they just don't 'look' old :) - jmsetzler

Warm Patina of My Aged Wooden Bowl
by Gracious

Comment by stephan:
Nice idea, but when you want to show the bowl why did you add the lemon, the knife and the salad on top of it? It's a bit too much for my taste. Especially the bright yellow lemon.
Also this photo if very blurred and looks like it has a bad jpeg compression.
Colors and lighting are nice and it could have been a good photo.

Warm Patina of My Aged Wooden Bowl
by Gracious

Comment by Digipixer:
The exposure needs a little help here,the lemon is really washed out.

Slick Lick
by Gracious

Comment by Gracious:
Thanks for all of your comments. Will work on sharpness, resolution, and other technical issues. I'm so glad that a few of you identified with this photo of my Suma. Suma is a major character (there are others) in my days, and always so willing to freeze for the moment. And he is well rewarded! :-) This pic was a moment after I hand-fed him a favorite treat, right here at my desk. I used the built in flash and he was looking up at me and there it was.

Slick Lick
by Gracious

Comment by jmsetzler:
nice cat portrait :) I like the composition on this one.. the vertical orientation works very well. The texture of the cat's fur stands out nicely. In this image, a little extra sharpness may really make that fur punch a little harder :) = 7 - jmsetzler