Time to Celebrate!
by kbhatia1967

Comment by albc28:
nice set up and uniqueness.

Time to Celebrate!
by kbhatia1967

Comment by madcrabber:
great composition

Colors in Rhythm!
by kbhatia1967

Comment by amber:
Hi from the Critique Club!

There is something about coloured straws that evokes a pavlovian response in adults: they instantly bring memories of childhood, and the feelings that go with that, to mind. These feelings are, 9 times out of 10, pleasurable. Pastel colours, too, often have the same effect, because as babies they are what our rooms, furniture, clothes...etc are decorated with.

Compostionally this is appealing as there is a suggestion of a spiral, both in the overall arrangement and the way you arranged the colours, particularly the red ones (well done!) The balance between postive and negative space is also good.

The focus does seem a little on the soft side, but this adds to the calm, comforting feeling the image promotes.

The background seems white enough on my screen, and whilst the border initially bothered me, the more I looked at the image, the more it seemed right. It balances the red and echos the green and blue straws.

A really appealing image.

Colors in Rhythm!
by kbhatia1967

Comment by cyan:
very creative composition with an interesting DOF. nice lighting but I may have arranged the straws so that the darker ones were closer to the light source because the lighter ones don't seem stay as sharp against the white background.

Colors in Rhythm!
by kbhatia1967

Comment by Phoneix:
There's a bit of red in the background that slightly distracting ;( 6

Colors in Rhythm!
by kbhatia1967

Comment by Marjo:
I really like your composition with the staggering heights. It works well. The background has a pink tint to it on my monitor. To get the even white throughout you would have needed more light on your background as it should have a hotter light than your subject. I also think it would have helped portray more rhythm if you would have grouped your colors. Like white in center, then blue, etc. Just my opinion, it looks fine the way it is.

Colors in Rhythm!
by kbhatia1967

Comment by Antimatt:
I couldn't see any order to the placement of the colors. I think the landscape orientation and border take away from the picture. I do like how clean it is. It looks like the straws extend down into nothing at all.

Colors in Rhythm!
by kbhatia1967

Comment by arati_halbe:
nice perspective, and I love the border!

Colors in Rhythm!
by kbhatia1967

Comment by sittingonthegrass:
Enjoyable.

Colors in Rhythm!
by kbhatia1967

Comment by fencekicker:
My daughter would like this. :) I think that making the colors richer would enhance it. Also, it seems a wee bit out of focus.