The River Lethe
by Melethia

Comment by whiteroom:
loverly!

Thomas wide angle
by Melethia

Comment by messerschmitt:
haha kool!

Thomas wide angle
by Melethia

Comment by aznym:
They love to stretch. Great way to photograph a cat.

Thomas wide angle
by Melethia

Comment by Jaded_Housewife:
very cool. i love these distorted shots.

Thomas wide angle
by Melethia

Comment by acrotide:
Wow, does you kitty play basketball? :D

Great shot with the wide angle lens. Like the composition, especially the tilt. I'd love to get one of those or a fisheye lens to try some extremely wide shots. Good job!

Tire, iron
by Melethia

Comment by pineapple:
Love the noise and the design 9.

Soft
by Melethia

Comment by DrAchoo:
Technicals: lighting is excellent, focus and sharpness are not as important as you were going for soft. Composition is not bad, but I think is part of what is hurting this shot. See below.

The feel: since there are few patterns or geometries in the majority of the canvas, this picture is going to be about color. As a color shot, it isn't super exciting. 4/5th of the frame is one color and 1/5th is another, but there is little interaction or dynamics between the two. If you look at other rose macros, you will see they usually concentrate on the pattern of the petal whorl. This adds something to the picture and it's missing here. I give you props for trying something that isn't stock, but unfortunately you didn't come up with a superior result.

The game: Ya, you know what flowers are like on DPC. They can win, but they need to be done creatively and perfectly to do so. I bet the people who gave you 4s sensed the compositional weakness and then stuck it to you extra for doing it with a flower...

BTW, I didn't notice before you have such a sweet lens! My absolute favorite. (well, it's my only lens...)

The River Lethe
by Melethia

Comment by Blackbox:
I could see this photo framed and hanging on a wall somewhere. That's one of the things I like to use when voting on challenges. The only thing that I can think of that would have improved the photo...and it's stupidly small...is that plastic crate. I know, it's very dark but I can still tell what it is. I'd rather see an old, worn wooden box or something. Anyway, it's nothing and you've got a great photo...one of the few 10's I've given out so far...10

Purple, complemented
by Melethia

Comment by timfythetoo:
Hey Deb. I gave this a 5 in the challenge. I felt it met the challenge and was ok but against somepretty heavy duty competition. I think maybe a slightly different layout without the yellow flowers could have helped. Colors are nice and the detail on the center flower is sharp, but overall a big lack of WOW. Black velvet is pretty sweet for backgrounds though isnt it?

Tire, iron
by Melethia

Comment by bwlinz07:
Hey you!! I already told you this but i love it!!!