Mellow Yellow
by racha

Comment by AzCKelly:
Cute shot, nice use of complementary colors. Its a bit out of focus though. Try bringing in the focal point and that will blur the background a bit without having to use software tools.

Mellow Yellow
by racha

Comment by kari1:
nice colours .. this is a good try ... I think the border would have been better if it had match the colour on the girls skirt.

Mellow Yellow
by racha

Comment by KarenNfld:
Very poor photo quality.

Stairway to Heaven
by racha

Comment by Commando303:
Awesome concept for the theme. Nice photo, too.

Stairway to Heaven
by racha

Comment by Flash:
Good take on this challenge.

Sleeping Bubbles
by racha

Comment by troberge:
I have to say, I am really surprised that this did not do better. I was looking for it in the top ten! I gave it a ten because it showed creativity and IMHO was well shot. Congrats on a great photograph.

Sleeping Bubbles
by racha

Comment by thomaspeople:
I like your idea, but your model needs to be in focus as the point of interest with the bubble, especially with the apparent make-up. This could have been a very interesting shot with a little more work.

_Everything Is Bigger In Hawaii_
by racha

Comment by alfresco:
* Critique Club Comment *

Hello

Please keep in mind I'm not a trained professional ...

Composition
This is quite the interesting composition. The crop is nice, the placement of objects in relation to each other works very well. This is an excellent idea.

Technical Details
As has been noted by others the flash overpowered the shot, blowing out the ipod, causing a severe shadow, and underexposing the tree. What might have worked better would have been to set the ipod in line with the tree and take the photo from a short distance back and crop to desired size. This would have helped mute the onboard flash and given more control over the final image. Overall a longer exposure and no flash would have been a better combination. Focus seems a little off, pulling back some and cropping in post processing could have helped with that. Post processing could have eliminated noise visible in the ipod, but would not have been able to save the blow-out on the ipod.

Aesthetics
For me this photo is not aesthetically pleasing, this is due to the blowout on the ipod and the harsh shadow both of which were caused by the flash.

Relevance to Challenge
This photo meets the challenge wonderfully. You have used an interesting perspective to create a dramatic effect (one very large-looking ipod).

This is an excellent idea. Some pre-shot details (mainly no flash, moving back for more control then cropping) would have made this photo pop.

You had a wonderful idea for this challenge that shows a very creative eye.

I look forward to seeing your future entries!

-jp

Sleeping Bubbles
by racha

Comment by JunieMoon:
Very nice use of color. The makeup color and the bubble color enhance each other very well. Liked the softness of the face as well. Very nice job. 10

Sleeping Bubbles
by racha

Comment by bayula:
good color combination and contrast