Nature at it's best ...
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Comment by cq107:
almost "sureal" .. .nice effect , IR i guess ...

Nature at it's best ...
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Comment by mcrael:
Very nice composition, but IMO, a lot (mood) is lost by converting this to black and white.

mmmm good stuff
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Comment by Swashbuckler:
Although this worked out very nicely in black and white, I do like the color version just a tad better. The yellows along it's face are really nice! This shot should have placed better! It's wonderful!

Love Potion #9
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Comment by emorgan49:
Hello from the Critique Club -

This is a nice phote and a very clever submission to the challenge (great song too). Technically it is beautiful. The focus is perfect, the lighting is perfect. I especially like the lighting. I love the way the light shines through the potion onto the table, I love the little square it makes. I like the way the semi circle of light and shadow in the background mirrors the semi circles of the bottle. I like the sliver of light on the bottle top.

The bottle itself and the label and the flowers are adorable. Please tell me that is your parents in the picture..grandparents? The scene is carefully arranged with no distracting elements. Very nice. Like a magazine add.

However something is wrong. What is it? Well, the colors are slightly washed out I think it is the blacks that are the problem. Could the darks be a hair darker? And perhaps the composition is just too stages and too simple to be stiking. The bottle is in the center. Too centered? the flowers are in the rule of thirds spot. good. Why does the bottle look crowded? Maybe simply switching to portrait view instead of landscape - then the flowers would be crowded but the bottle could have some more room.

Great picture! Careful set up! Terrific lighting! Don't drink that stuff all in one gulp!



Please remember that this is just one persons opinion, mine and I am FAR from an expert here.

Message edited by author 2003-01-18 15:46:43.

Nature at it's best ...
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Comment by jab119:
seems a little dark or maybe would have looked better in color and not B&W

Nature at it's best ...
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Comment by joanns:
Looks lika a tropical island. Nice -- I think I would like it in color too.

Nature at it's best ...
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Comment by boyte1:
I LOVE this. It looks like a scene out of an old black and white movie. Good Job! 10

Nature at it's best ...
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Comment by jimmyn4:
This reminds me of the old Tarzan movies I used to watch when I was a kid. I think this a great photo. I'm curious to see what this looks like in color. Good work and good luck.

Nature at it's best ...
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Comment by Mustbelost:
Very nice scene. I would have liked to have seen this in color, but thats just me. Good luck in the challange.

Nature at it's best ...
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Comment by pikyto:
I like it!