Basidiomycota
by crabappl3

Comment by sher:
stunning photo! the DOF is perfect and so is the focus. well done! 10 from me.

Basidiomycota
by crabappl3

Comment by Gringo:
This is just too cool, A brilliant photo for this challenge. I like the natural colors and love the textures. Great use of DOF. 10+

Double Vision
by crabappl3

Comment by sswright:
Very nicely done.

Burning Bush
by crabappl3

Comment by Ricky Cleave:
should of got first

Basidiomycota
by crabappl3

Comment by adine:
Hurray! Not another flower! The mushroom on the right is so crisp! The light from above, and yet the white stems seem to glow. I might crop it to draw more attention to that one mushroom. But I like this photo the way it is too.

Basidiomycota
by crabappl3

Comment by webster:
Strangely beauiful.

Double Vision
by crabappl3

Comment by FranziskaLang:
A Comment From The Critique Club

Hi Danny,

Me again . . . my second critique this week and both times on of your photos.

Well, this is another creative one. I had already read through the comments you got and your description of how you took this photo before receiving this for critique, and I'd be completely stumped as to how you did this if I hadn't read your description.

My favorite type of photos have a very simple blackground, you've done well with yours here, very nice and even black, also the perfect backdrop to really bring out the colors in the candy. I love how your focus for each of the candy lines is spot-on and how you can see the texture and everything. Because there are no visible shadows, your candy seems to almost be floating in space :)

I bet getting the candy in the two exposures to line up properly was hard and you did a good job. I would like to see the photo rotated CW just a tad so that the two yellow pieces are more level, but that's really the only area for improvement I can see (and even that one is somewhat nitpicky).

As in your other submission this week, your post-processing is great, the frame works well here.

A great submission that I enjoyed a lot for this challenge. You are truly on a roll, I look forward to seeing more fabulous photos from you in the coming challenges :)

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments about this review.

Franziska.

Basidiomycota
by crabappl3

Comment by SteveS:
Very original

Burning Bush
by crabappl3

Comment by FranziskaLang:
A Comment From The Critique Club

Hi Danny :)

Well, if I'm supposed to suggest areas for improvement then this is going to be a very very short critique. :)

First of, congratulations on your ribbon, it's very well deserved, this is a spectacular image. The title very aptly describes the image, I love how the sun is shining through the tree and almost gives it a halo that is then surrounded by black clouds and then above that you have yet another burst of color and rays, shooting straight up into the air.

I think that, other than the obvious dramatic quality of the photo, it is the somewhat atypical approach to a sunset that makes this shot. The vertical format is more unusual and the really dark clouds and lack of obvious horizon aren't part of the more standard sunset image, either.

The frame very nicely enhances the image. I'm always at awe when people manage to take photos that don't need a lot of tweaking, you certainly did that, too.

Again, congratulations on a very well deserved ribbon :)

Please let me know if you have any questions or comments about this review.

Franziska.

Burning Bush
by crabappl3

Comment by Gordon:
Congrats - great capture