hot tomatillo?
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Comment by hotpasta:
Oh man!!! I got a fright, it looked like a spider!!! very good...nice colours and lighting

At the same table
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Comment by mycelium:
When I saw the purple flower and the butterfly in the thumbnail, I thought this might be a picture from your Napa trip! I love the springly (is that a word?) color palette, which produces a vibrance that is so welcome by now. So much rain and grey! It's nice to be reminded of the warmer, more habitable weather at a time like this.

So how did those Napa pictures come out? :)

Twisted Light
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Comment by Rikki:
Wonderful abstraction Alice.

Twisted Light
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Comment by loseme:
*Critique Club*

"Twisted Light" is a great addition to the Refraction of Light. Not too bad of a placement in the top thirty percent. Personally what I liked most from this piece is that I was not sure what the object was but it really grabs your attention.

The first thing that strikes me is the vibrant colors the red, orange do an excellent job of capturing the passing light. I think the composition is very nice and feels complete. The reflection or and a touch of yellow is really a warm piece. The curves in the image lighting that is captured in the lower left hand side is very interesting almost looking like a bulb. The smoothness you were able to create with the lines in this shot really allows the focus to remain on the vase. I really don't see anything I would try or possibly look at changing. I think you have an excellent piece here!

Twisted Light
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Comment by adrian45:
Well, it's a blinder!

I honestly can't tell what is happening here! obviously, there is a curved glass surface bending light, but what shape is it?

And what is the shape like a thorn coming out of the middle and going up to a sort of trumpet-shaped space or assembly? Is it a dark piece of glass, or what?

And the twisting of the image, and the bending of light apparently within the object - I can't tell if it some characteristic of the object, or something to do with the background. I suspect it of being a hand-made glass sculpture of some kind, but with the intense red and apparent yellow light showing to the right at the base of the photo, and the purple or violet reflections, and then the white continuatins of those reflections, the only way I could tell would be a 3D photo of the object. The name 'Twisted Light' is exactly descriptive of the image, and I wish you well with the picture

Twisted Light
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Comment by stellagyrl:
Beautiful, vivid use of color and light. Well done!

Twisted Light
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Comment by Zigomar:
Good looking

Reflected
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Comment by BMacD:
Hi! Here̢۪s a comment from the Critique Club.

First Impression:
Fuzzy, nothing is in focus.

Composition:
I like the flower placement and the use of the mirror. Background on the left is a bit busy, I prefer the background on the right side. Nice colours in the flower. The mirror frame is a little distracting due to its angle.

Subject:
Meets the challenge

Technical:
f29 @ 10 sec? Did something move? You should have had lots of DOF. As I mentioned above, nothing was in focus. I would have preferred sharp petal/leaf detail. In your comments you didn̢۪t mention if the soft look was intentional. You did use smart sharpen, so I̢۪m not sure.

Summary:
Back at ya! Thanks for the Déjà vu II critique.

I liked you concept, I think the voting masses didn̢۪t like the lack of detail

Reflected
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Comment by Marc923:
A bit soft. Sharper focus would help.

Twisted Light
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Comment by kiwinick:
excellent lovely shapes