Easing the Swelter
by RKT

Comment by Artifacts:
Nice still life. Image quality is excellent and color fine. Including a portion of the mirror adds interest to the composition. The blue in the reflected ceiling is great.

Though it is obvious what you connection to the challenge topic is there will probably be narrower thinking voters that will not buy it, even though it is supposed to be what darkness means to YOU.

If there is a technical flaw it is that the focal plane is the wall instead of the center of the perfume bottles. If you had did that or took the image with a naroower aperature to increas e the depth of field then you could have had the front bottles in as clear of focus as the wall, draps and mirror. They are slightly soft as is.

Overall this is an very good picture, but probably will not achieve the score it deserves.

Strange Fruit
by RKT

Comment by twm122:
I immediately recognized the title as a song title. I love this song by Billie Holiday. Very nice Connection. Although the words have a different meaning, but that just would not do well to portray that at all.

Easing the Swelter
by RKT

Comment by RolandB:
Good composition. The bottles are sharp and I like the lighting. Good answer to the challenge. Bumping up. Third pass: bumping up some more!

Easing the Swelter
by RKT

Comment by messerschmitt:
i already can hear the comments to this lovely scene and hammering it down for not meeting the challengetopic
inspite that we all know darkness has a very effectfull use in 'ease the swelter' as the fine title points out
besides its a pleasing composition with beautiful amber coloured elements and a refreshing touch of blue
so this makes a nice and original entry and a relief amongst all these over the top entries i had to struggle to go tru

Easing the Swelter
by RKT

Comment by mandyturner:
huh?

Easing the Swelter
by RKT

Comment by gaurawa:
somehow I don't get a feeling of darkness.. its more like light coming through...
The picture is moody for sure and technically good... 6

Easing the Swelter
by RKT

Comment by mikala:
sorry, i don't see how this fits the "darkness" challenge.

Passing Through
by RKT

Comment by Inga_fang:
I love the infrared feel...how do u do it?? Is it very complicated...I would love to experiment with this myself...

Passing Through
by RKT

Comment by Jacko:
Very funky. I like the soft feel.

Passing Through
by RKT

Comment by Catherine_B:
Nice image, but I really don't care for the infrared treatment. It looks grainy and detracts from the natural beauty of the glen being photographed.