negative space in a vertical world
by chalice

Comment by see:
I think this was well done, nice Balance..

negative space in a vertical world
by chalice

Comment by Ja-9:
very stark, excellent focus

moonglow
by chalice

Comment by MinsoPhoto:
Greetings from the Critique Club

First Impressions:

Beautiful artistic shot of a flower.

Technical (Comp, lighting, color, focus, Processing):

I love how you arranged the subject in this shot and bouncing the light off a plate for the background added a really nice feel to this. The only problem with the light is that it̢۪s a bit skewed. It would be nice to see the swirl of light more uniformly and it seems a bit off on the upper left.

In my opinion the color on this shot is beautiful. I love the contrasting colors and they are very pleasing to my eyes.

Focus is nice and sharp on the center but the parts that are blurred have an almost distracting halo around some of them. Your processing all seems well done but I wonder if the halos around the blurred leaves were caused through some of the processing?

Challenge:

Being a free study, yeah I think this met the challenge 

Artistic/Emotion:

The colors of this on the soft background really give me a nice artistic feel to the shot.

Summary:

Ah the joys of a free study. This shot actually received a 9 from me in voting and I am a bit surprised at where it finished but the FS is notorious. I definitely think this should have scored at least a solid 6 but I think you were knocked down a little from the focus and halos. That and there are many voters that just tend to vote flowers lower because they are flowers. In the end a few, small technical issues hindered you as well as the shot not being captivating enough to really draw the voter in, this is especially important in a FS with 300+ entries.

negative space in a vertical world
by chalice

Comment by Timosaby:
The perspective is interesting. took me a second to get what it is. At first i thought it was some kind of wall with a train going through it. Its got some dark areas here and there. I think i would have liked this more without the white building on the right side and the gray structure on the left for the sake of symmetry. So bottom line, i like, but wished there was more even lighting and symmetry.

Worn Out
by chalice

Comment by David Ey:
they will be ok around the house...well arranged

Worn Out
by chalice

Comment by Luci11e:
Just me but I think there would have been more impact to the photo, considering the title, if more of the bottom shoe were in the shot.

Worn Out
by chalice

Comment by sns:
I like the idea of the hole in the shoe, I would have made it the focus of the shot

Sloping Away to the Ocean
by chalice

Comment by bcenu:
Nice landscape.

Sloping Away to the Ocean
by chalice

Comment by ThingFish:
Lovely image with good depth and nice perspective. 6

Sloping Away to the Ocean
by chalice

Comment by MinsoPhoto:
Great use of the rule of thirds on this. Very nice.