Eruption
by toffle

Comment by Germaine:
Very, very nice picture, but I don't see any yellow. Only orange.

Eruption
by toffle

Comment by langdon:
Awesome composure/DOF, but it's too orange for me. =/

Eruption
by toffle

Comment by JayWalk:
Looks orange to me.

Eruption
by toffle

Comment by kiwiness:
Yellow?

Eruption
by toffle

Comment by ShutterPug:
I see violet. I see white. I see orange. Where is the yellow?

Transparency
by toffle

Comment by bs-photos:
Good idea, doesn't really draw you in though. Might have tried adding one color to the mix

Candy Stripes
by toffle

Comment by catholicskin:
Great picture, really sensible use of colours, or colors, but i dont see any reference to water? I this had of been a candy challenge you would of had yourself a ten. 5

Candy Stripes
by toffle

Comment by hotpasta:
pity about the focus on the front drops...I would have marked it higher if all of the drops were in focus...but great composition. I really do wish you would have another go at this with a lower f stop just to see some more crispness

Soft and Hard
by toffle

Comment by I Enjoy Ham:
Hi from the critique club,

well done in this challenge! You met the challenge and you did it in style
(nice shoes and stickings by the way). When i first saw this image i thought, i see the shoe, but wheres the other element. Then i saw that you used a short depth of field to show the feather. This is the main thing that brought your score down. The other thing that i would have liked to see was lighting that was a little less harsh. I'm wondering if you diffused the light at all? This would make the blown out skin a little less blown out and create more of a snese of realism rather then abstract.

As i said before the main reason why i think this image was not voted very high was that the feathers were out of focus. What i would do to fix this is maybe wrap the shoe with the feathers or have a feather sticking out of the shoe, something creative.

Something else i would have done to this photo is diffused the light. This can be done by simply wrapping some parchement paper or wax paper around the lamp, causing a diffused glow. I see in your comments you said that you didnt do very much PP. Although sometimes this is bad i think that this photo could have benefit from a little bit more post processing. I would have cloned out the distracting white marks in the background and i would have run it through neat-image to soften the skin tomes a little bit.

Overall i though this was a good technical photo. But it was lacking some crucial elements that would have mad eit score higher.

Everything i said here is not meant to be offensive, its onl meant to help you. If you have any comments or questions feel free to private message me and ill get back to you as soon as i can.

Most of all keep taking photos, its the only way to get better!!

-Dan Gruskin
P.S. please ignore any grammer mistakes, as you are an english lit. student ;)

Soft and Hard
by toffle

Comment by Hawkeye:
Ouch! Quite a contrast. Bringing that something extra to a challenge!