Star Trails
by chefsam

Comment by Jeileen:
Good capture of long exposure. However, this makes me feel dizzy. I wish there was a point of reference so that I could stop spinning - the circular motion of the stars makes me feel this way.

Star Trails
by chefsam

Comment by andrim:
I don't get the feeling that these "dots" are stars. I would probably have been good idea to include more landscape in the frame.

Star Trails
by chefsam

Comment by neophyte:
With a digital! Amazing shot! Hope you didn't too many pixels out!

Star Trails
by chefsam

Comment by Egan:
fascinating

Star Trails
by chefsam

Comment by ace flyman:
This is long exposure, nice job.

Building the Framework of Life
by chefsam

Comment by chefsam:
thanks heather,
I must say that I agree with you on most of the points for the challenge. I did try to come up with another way to frame all sides of the photo, but without bending the flowers, I couldn't.

Thanks

Building the Framework of Life
by chefsam

Comment by HBunch:
*Critique Club*

Not really sure what's suposed to be the main subject here. The flower or the bee. I really almost didn't see the bee. He doesn't seem like a major part of the photo and kind of blends in with the flower a bit. The flower is really nice as well, but almost drowned out by the surrounding flowers that are composing the 'framing'.
The colors are really good and I like them on the dark background. The small skinny flower inthe back though is a bit distracting as it kind of melds in with the central subject.
DOF is good to get the frame blurred while still leaving the subject in focus. I'm wondering though if it might be a little TOO much blurr since the flower on the left looks more like a purplish black blob rather than a flower. the one on the right is good. And as I said before, the one in the far background is distracting even though it's blurred.
Overall I like the photo, but wish the bee and central flower were a bit bigger and took up more space in the photo than the 'frame' flowers.
~Heather~

Building the Framework of Life
by chefsam

Comment by neenee1999:
Beautiful picture, such wonderful colors.

Building the Framework of Life
by chefsam

Comment by pcody:
Nicely done. I like how you have used dof to create a colorful frame around the central flower. I don't know if the composition is as interesting as it could have been. Usually a non-centered composition is more dynamic.

Building the Framework of Life
by chefsam

Comment by andrayus:
Love the shot..