Sprouting Life against Dying Day
by Jade

Comment by docpjv:
love your thinking, excellent colors, excellent bokeh 9

Sprouting Life against Dying Day
by Jade

Comment by ecko313cheer:
I really like this shot. I love the title it tells exactly what the shot is about. I love the colors in this photo, they are very bright and vibrant. I like how it is a single leaf to focus on and then the background shines through and just helps to focus on the leaf. I also like how the leaf is in focus but the background is not it helps for the viewer to tell what your main focus is.. this is a very nice shot. Nice job.

Sprouting Life against Dying Day
by Jade

Comment by shavenwalrus:
Stunning backdrop and I like the imaginative link to the challenge. I'm hoping this will score well and that people don't score it lower because they think it doesn't fit the challenge (just because it's not a roll of film and a memory card).

The only thing that detracts for me is the foreground doesn't look like it is in sharp enough focus but maybe my eyes are going funny in my old age. 8.

Sprouting Life against Dying Day
by Jade

Comment by HOOlovesdrums:
focus is a bit soft (or so it appears) on the leaf

Sprouting Life against Dying Day
by Jade

Comment by leifur:
good color

Sprouting Life against Dying Day
by Jade

Comment by nsmith:
Excellent composition and DOF.

Sprouting Life against Dying Day
by Jade

Comment by KarANN:
This is a very neat picture, the way the background is so mysterious while there is a leaf out in front...its just neat!

Hope for a Responding Hand
by Jade

Comment by nsbca7:
Nice red clouds. Fill flash is too obvious. Poor composition.

Hope for a Responding Hand
by Jade

Comment by sprite777:
"Hmm... can't think of anything for the challenge... Wow! that's a pretty sky... I got it! Hand + Sky = ...hope? eh, I got nothing else anyway..."

Is that how it happened? LOL, pretty sky, but that's it. 2

Hope for a Responding Hand
by Jade

Comment by ricksteven:
I like the colors, the horizon is nicely placed, but the hand just seems out of place or something....