where there is darkness, there is light
by snuggles0089

Comment by Kemptonreporter:
And there are out of focus candles, with bad purple moirre around their flames

where there is darkness, there is light
by snuggles0089

Comment by focus57:
a little out of focus....a bit sharper and two more points your way....

where there is darkness, there is light
by snuggles0089

Comment by RolandB:
Focus is way too soft to enjoy this picture.

where there is darkness, there is light
by snuggles0089

Comment by Artifacts:
This sounds harsh and I am sorry but there is not a lot of good things to say about this image. There are many things that will contribute to a very, very low score.

Please accept what I say as an attemt to help and not just trash your image because I'm an evil guy.

The image has very low contrast and lacks the impact of a properly contrast adjusted image. An autocontrast adjustment would improve this image a lot.

Most viewers will understand your message but will not think your way of communicating it is particularly interesting and that will affect it's score in a negative way. There are plenty of candle entries in this challenge and voters will become jaded with them.

The flames in your candles are overexposed. That should be corrected. The angle you took this at is what you might if you were just taking a snapshot. Taking a different perspective, like shooting from tabletop level or from directly above would add considerable interest to this image.

The viewer will ask why the items are in the composition. You need to provide an answer for them in the composition or giive them fun reasons to speculate. You do neither and that will hurt it's chances in voting.

This is a color image but the colors are drab and uninteresting. You need to use saturation and other color enhancement techniques to bring out the colors.

But by far the biggest flaw with this image is focus. Focus is the most fundamental adjustment in photography. When that is wrong an image score will plummet like a lead zepplin.

You image is simply out of focus. Autofocus cameras are easily fooled in low light situations and based on the fact that the picture in the background appears to be in sharpest focus it is likely yours was focused for infinity and that is why the focus is so bad. This does not look purposeful in any way.

I hope this is helpful and does not frighten you off from working to improve your photography and enter more challenges.

where there is darkness, there is light
by snuggles0089

Comment by shabbychic:
This would be a really wonderful picture, but it looks so fuzzy. I think your camera might have focused on something put in the shadows- I would have focused more on the candles and accented the subject of your title.

where there is darkness, there is light
by snuggles0089

Comment by LevT:
it needs to be sharper to have an impact

where there is darkness, there is light
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Comment by TheStick:
Well composed. Mr. Frog looks like he's in a trance from starring at the flame.

where there is darkness, there is light
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Comment by Kaups:
A Little blurry.

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Comment by Barry:
I think your message is being lost in an out of focus photo. 3

where there is darkness, there is light
by snuggles0089

Comment by DianaB:
I like the concept of this, but think the focus doesn't look as good as it could. The image also seems a tad cluttered. My eye is drawn over to the object on the far right too much. Nice 'glow' to the flames on the candles - and meets the challenge.