Piece of watermelon on fork
by clickodak

Comment by kiwinick:
good shot great colour

vote7

Dropout
by clickodak

Comment by Cyrilda:
This photo evokes the feeling of depression.

Dropout
by clickodak

Comment by kiwinick:
good idea well put together

vote 5

Road traveled
by clickodak

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Hi Marcel, this was a lucky little surprise to find amongst all those flowers you had to choose from :-) I too see and love the tongue-like aspect of the petal, and the tininess of the slug - this did very well considering that it's a slug and not something cute like a butterfly. The shallow dof works very well and all your settings look fine to me. Two small changes I might suggest is perhaps stopping up to f3.2 or f.4, as usually lenses aren't at their sharpest wide open, and as this was a Minimal challenge (and cropping ain't allowed) just doing more to fill the frame with the petal. The left half, though it does help draw the eye to the petal and slug, is a black void just sitting there twiddling its thumbs so it may as well be put to good use!

Overall a very good and charming image, and belated congrats on the top ten! Keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing more from you in the future :-)

Susan

Road traveled
by clickodak

Comment by tnun:
quite arresting. the hated slug in innocent miniature on a long red tongue (petal). a triumph of minimals.

Road traveled
by clickodak

Comment by colorcarnival:
I love this. I've never seen a tiny slug - probably because I'm just not that observant. It's such a cute picture.

Road traveled
by clickodak

Comment by kiwinick:
a nice little snap would like more contrast 5

Airplane Approach
by clickodak

Comment by GeorgesBogaert:
congrats on the HM

Airplane Approach
by clickodak

Comment by Cyrilda:
Congratulations for your HM.

Airplane Approach
by clickodak

Comment by snaffles:
Hi Marcel, congrats on the HM, and thanks so much for the tribute! Glad I was able to inspire you :-)