Locked in Ice
by BigSmiles

Comment by GreggeN:
Extremely effective and eye-catching shot. 8.

The King of Sugar Mountain
by BigSmiles

Comment by webster:
A restaurant favorite, this snail-snell goody tastes as good as it looks.

The King of Sugar Mountain
by BigSmiles

Comment by clues56:
Beautiful texture and lighting. I like the simplicity. Excellent photograph.

Locked in Ice
by BigSmiles

Comment by kcwhisper379:
This is a great B&W photo. Good angle.

Locked in Ice
by BigSmiles

Comment by mk:
I like the depth of focus on this and the ice looks cool. Nice shot.

The King of Sugar Mountain
by BigSmiles

Comment by sherryk471:
Great composition and simplicity. Fits your title well

The King of Sugar Mountain
by BigSmiles

Comment by CLarson557:
Very nice shot. You were able to pick up the texture of the sugar. The lighting is great. What more can I say? WOW! This should make at least the top 3 if not 1st. Good luck this week.

Locked in Ice
by BigSmiles

Comment by dimitrii:
Great use of patterns and a good choice to live the image in colour. This contrasts the subject with the background well.

Pincushion
by BigSmiles

Comment by sher:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

I love the composition of this photo and the colors are great! I think the background is nice, but I think it would make more impact if it was a solid color.

The problem I have here is the DOF. I do love the shallow DOF, but the out of focus strawberry is distracting. My eye is drawn to it first and then the pin heads. The strawberry needs to either be the focal point or it should be moved out of the shot completely to allow the focus to be on the colors of the pins.

The pins are clear and are a nice detail. The pincushion fabric gives a nice texture. Was this cropped from a larger image where the pincushion was more centered? The pins at the top left of the image are the sharper focus. For this composition, I think dropping the focus down and a little to the right would be good.

It's a great subject and I think with just a couple of minor changes, this would be an excellent photo!


take care...
sher :)

Lemons and Oranges
by BigSmiles

Comment by dsidwell:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

You have several comments below, and I agree with most of their ideas. More in depth: your image is creative and refreshing. The colors and tones you've created work well, and they certainly comply with the challenge.

When I look at your image, I see lemons and oranges in geometric shapes, and so my mind is transported past the fruits and to science and math, perhaps even how even fruit can stand as a symbol for the essence of the math and science all around us. I think this connection could be even more enhanced with more dramatic lighting, either direct or indirect to increase the mood and suggest that there is more here than just oranges and lemons.

Your cropping and positioning of the objects in your frame is well done; I'm glad that it's not exactly centered. The focus is just a bit off, when I think that sharpness is required here.

This is a fine image, and I'm happy to see some interesting and new ideas represented in this challenge.

Best of luck!

David