Tomorrow's Salty Snack
by BigSmiles

Comment by justine:
Nice color, shadow-little over exposed to the left. Over all I love it......Score-7 Kee

Tomorrow's Salty Snack
by BigSmiles

Comment by tee tah:
This is really nice. Great title, gives the photo a double take on the theme "new"... a newly opening flower AND the beginning of something which is much different than the flower itself... While I often find too many shadows detract from the overall picture, the shadows in this one only enhance the colors, textrues and balance in the photo. The detail is wonderful and I like the balance and proportion.

Tomorrow's Salty Snack
by BigSmiles

Comment by Heather-Mae:
I really think the lighting in this picture is beautiful! It could have been so boring, but the shadows add so much interest and depth. I don't even mid that the spikey parts are a little overexposed. I think it just adds to the monochromatic feel.

Tomorrow's Salty Snack
by BigSmiles

Comment by Kaz:
Love the light here, nice job!

Tomorrow's Salty Snack
by BigSmiles

Comment by Gracious:
Nice closeup...I love that the little fuzz is visible...adds a lot to the image. It's too bad that there are some hot spots that are blown out. With my limited tech know how...I don't know how to advise you though.

Tomorrow's Salty Snack
by BigSmiles

Comment by Gene L.:
This is a good composition and an interesting subject, but the lighting is just too harsh. I find that the blown out highlights are very distractive. I think that a bit of fill flash might work for a situation such as this. It would be nice to have just enough fill to allow stopping down and to illuminate the inside of the bud, but not so much as to eliminate the shadows.

Tomorrow's Salty Snack
by BigSmiles

Comment by jimmsp:
Something new.
Composition - quite good
Technical Aspects - quite good, a little bright on lower left. Must have been an early morning sun.
Meets Challenge - yes
Visual Impact / Originality ΓΆ€“ quite good
Jim msp

Tomorrow's Salty Snack
by BigSmiles

Comment by Kavey:
Pretty, too much dead space at top for me. Love hairs catching light.
6, Kavey

Tomorrow's Salty Snack
by BigSmiles

Comment by aguerra:
I can see every detail of this new sunflower. I like the contrast of light and shadow, very nice!

Tomorrow's Salty Snack
by BigSmiles

Comment by janfries:
really nice detail. I love the way the sun caught the little white filaments.