The Cosmic Vase at Sunrise :)
by ursula

Comment by Alexys:
Wow... the best one

Love Story
by ursula

Comment by ursula:
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Love Story
by ursula

Comment by dsidwell:
You can almost live off of onions and love. Appt. title. Your composition works really well here to evoke that feeling. The left onion seems slightly out of focus relative to the right.

Real Glass(es)
by ursula

Comment by stephan:
Greetings from the Critique Club, Ursula!

Composition: A good simple setup without distractions. Nothing spectacular but it concentrates on the glasses to show the refraction.

Lighting: I think there is a bit too much contrast. The paper is full white and the border of the glasses is pitch black. I think a bit more nuances in lighting would improve the photo.

Focus: The DOF is very wide. The letters in the background are still pretty sharp. Did you try a more narrow DOF? I think that would look better, but that's personal preference. I can see some strange pixels among the letters in the shade of the glasses. I don't know if ot comes from oversharpening in postprocessing but it looks like that. Also did you use some kind of despecle filter? I would expect more detail in the sheets of paper (at the botom of the photo).

Challenge: Yes, challenge met. You actually show an attribute of glass. I like that more than some of the other photos which seem to contain a glass object for the challenge but the photo is not really about the glass.

Creativity: I think the photo lacks drama. It's not a bad shot but I miss something which makes it special. Maybe a ring with a fine engraving in a dark language could have helped ;-)

Ok, I hope I could help.
Ciao,
Stephan

The Cosmic Vase at Sunrise :)
by ursula

Comment by CLarson557:
I love the vivid colors. Well done!

The Cosmic Vase at Sunrise :)
by ursula

Comment by salparadi:
i like this shot although i wish the whole vase was in focus, leaving the back groun blurry, as it is the bottom and top left get washed of all their great textures

The Cosmic Vase at Sunrise :)
by ursula

Comment by marbo:
Nice colours and composition. 7

The Cosmic Vase at Sunrise :)
by ursula

Comment by Journey:
Sunrise, my foot! :) Anyway, really well done. Like the tonality of your background 'sunrise' and how it fuses with the colors of the vase. Like the dof of what's that the base of the vase or its shadows. Beautiful colors. Really has a very pleasing, dynamic impact. Is your whole house in this cosmic vein? :) 9

The Cosmic Vase at Sunrise :)
by ursula

Comment by Gordon:
great background brings this to life. (8) revised 9

The Cosmic Vase at Sunrise :)
by ursula

Comment by StevePax:
This is an interesting item. It must be some glass piece, or something, judging from the little tiny bubbles. I like the focus.