Unfolding LIfe.
by docpjv

Comment by owen:
Brilliant composition. The purple light looks a bit wierd though.

Unfolding LIfe.
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Comment by illoosi0n:
the colors in this picture definitely evoke serenity... i give it a 9!

Unfolding LIfe.
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Comment by Jutilda:
How beautiful and different. I like the lavender/green tones. Really lovely. sherpet, is that you??

Unfolding LIfe.
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Comment by hotpasta:
this is stunning! I would have cloned out a few of the imperfections, but a stunning composition and an impactful shot...well done and good luck 9

Unfolding LIfe.
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Comment by dsidwell:
Focus is spot on here. I also like how you've positioned the center of the succulent. The radiating petals are restful.

Oh Nooooo!!
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Comment by Nikonian Ninja:

Originally posted by HCvE: i like the shadow of the mushroom...

ROFL! I have been laughing at this nonstop!!

Puppy Love.
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Comment by kombizz:
R they able 2?

Indeed, in deed!
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Comment by Bexsta:
I didn't notice that the girl and the boy on the end where secretly holding hands at first and then I realized the whole idea after I read the photographer's comments. That's cute and funny.

The Ben Johnson Drug Scandal in '88. (Seoul Olympics Stadium)
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Comment by e301:
from the outside edge of the Critique Club

I think, really, those commenters are correct - and certainly it has afected your score, that the image did require an explanation in order to fit this challenge. Personally, I don't find these recreation of period challenges fun - especially given the very demanding public voting; can you imagine entering an image processed to look like an 80's colour photograph? I don't think that would score too well either. So really, I think we were only left with recreations of fashion and certain american crazes of the time as an option.

The other problem is that this is really a pretty ordinary image: the technicalities are all there, but the point is more about the point of view and the framing that you've chosen. It's a very everyday approach to a stadium shot, even though you've been quite careful to place the rings strongly in frame. The trees abscuring large parts of the image are a problem I think, complicating and disrupting the very clean lines of the building. I would have tried to make more use of the curves of the concrete against the curves of the olympic rings - there might be interesting tonal and textural differnces there - always presuming you could actually get that close to the stadium, of course.

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The Ben Johnson Drug Scandal in '88. (Seoul Olympics Stadium)
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Comment by KHolt:
Nice image, maybe removing the light at the bottom of the image would help focus attection to the important parts of the image. Nice shapes and lines though.