Golf Ball
by STEINR

Comment by scroosloose:
Nice sharp focus, but the highlights seem a bit harsh. Would have liked to see the detail on top of the ball.
Mark

Golf Ball
by STEINR

Comment by ChrisW123:
The white part is a little "blown out". Should have made that part more grey (like the middle part) and then have the middle part a darker grey. Still a nice shot however.

Tomato On The Vine
by STEINR

Comment by dsidwell:
Yummy! Your lighting makes these look good!

Tomato On The Vine
by STEINR

Comment by BJ:
Really like this - I think the lighting is excellent! Nice job:)

Tomato On The Vine
by STEINR

Comment by qachyk:
Yummy tomatoes, but I think the contrast between the colour complements would have been highlighted better by tomatoes actually on a vine. The green seems a bit washed out and not as obvious as one might want for this topic.

Tomato On The Vine
by STEINR

Comment by karmat:
Very nice warm colors. I also like the soft, subtle lighting.

Sunflower
by STEINR

Comment by e301:
Critique Club

Well, I've been looking at this shot for a while, and come back to it a couple of times too: the thing is, there isn't anything really striking about it - there's good stuff, and not so good stuff. The capture of the colour is fine, but the detail, especially of the middle of the flower, is missing. The background is OK - reflections good but under done, and the texture of it, or patterning also - but it looks acciddental, as though you've concentrated only on the appearance of the petals. Likewise with the stem of the flower as it disappears out of shot: visible, but so dimly lit that it looks like an accident.

I wonder if you've checked out the brightness of your monitor? Mine's pretty well set (use the white to black boxes under photos when voting, if you don't know what I'm talking about), but this shot becomes a lot more interesting if i darken it a bit.

I suspect the lighting is perhaps too flat: a more directional but diffused light would bring out more texture.

I think it scored where it did because of two things primarily: people were looking for all of the primary colours, and you've only shown one, and because there's nostand-out element of this shot.

Good luck in future challenges

Ed

Tomato On The Vine
by STEINR

Comment by Galina:
More light on the stocks to accentuate greem?

Tomato On The Vine
by STEINR

Comment by sherryk471:
I really like this composition and you've captured that waxy look of the fruit.=7

Tomato On The Vine
by STEINR

Comment by Gordon:
meets the challenge but really needs better lighting or background to have a lot of interest. Perhaps not using a black background could have made a more interesting final result ?