Still Fire
by sammigurl

Comment by fencekicker:
I like the rhythm. I think it may have been better to focus on the middle candle.

Still Fire
by sammigurl

Comment by lucienaw:
I like the depth of field here as well as the carefullness you must have implemented to keep the flames burning tall. The alternating contrasting colours also make this perfect picture. I give you a 9 for this. The only thing that stops it being a 10, is that there seems to be something lacking, the colours are a little bland and there isn't much going on, but the skills used to take such a photo deserve a high mark.

Still Fire
by sammigurl

Comment by raish:
This meets the challenge – it’s inanimate and arranged. Just about. Over-simplistic. 5

Still Fire
by sammigurl

Comment by dfstevenson:
The candles could be more colorful

Still Fire
by sammigurl

Comment by scarbrd:
sweet! I like this one 8

Still Fire
by sammigurl

Comment by thenettiep:
I like the soft-ness of this photograph.

Still Fire
by sammigurl

Comment by marcellieb:
Simple but effective, r6

Still Fire
by sammigurl

Comment by General:
love it for its uniqueness, lighting,10

Still Fire
by sammigurl

Comment by h2:
a bit more saturation would have helped her. Also, this could be a great graphic work if the candles were placed more carefully.

Fuzzy Five
by sammigurl

Comment by timfythetoo:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

You have a very interesting pic here. At first I wasn't sure what it was but that didnt really matter to me. This has a funky feel to it and works pretty good as a macro shot.

The colors are wild and I think they work well with the composition. THey attack the eyes when you open it up and thats ok. I think my biggest issue with this overall is the focus on the fuzzy five and the yellow inderneath. A crisper focus I believe would have helped them to stand out better. Maybe even a slight desat on the background to give a little bit more separation on the main subject and its background. It just seems a bit too blurry for me. Possibly a little bit of burning to bring out the shadow lines in the background may have been nice as well. Increase the BG texture without really adding any major detail.

The off cenetered position works really well IMO. And the shapes of the flower are very cool. Overall you have a nice shot here. I think some slight changes in postprocessing could have raised your score up a bit more.

Looking at your portfolio I can comfortably say that you have alot of potential here and I really look forward to seeing your future work.

Tim