Cactus Flower
by twmax

Comment by annig:
aww, really nice! I love the tones of the bloom and the boke.. the only thing I don't like is the small hole (or is it a bug?) in the back petal, and you can't control that. I know close to squat about Photoshop but I bet there are folks who would know how to clone that out...

In The Golden Grass
by twmax

Comment by annig:
Tom, this is really nice, I think the colors of the blue & gold are delightful together, with the blush of lavender in the petals. Are you doing a 2-toned background with PS or are you deliberatly (sp?) composing your macros in a this fashion? I notice a few of them are similar in that way. I like the frame on this too, gives it a nice polished finish! strong work!

California Poppy
by twmax

Comment by annig:
Tom: this is really cool! I think the colors are great & I agree with Jutilda, the boke gives makes it seem like a painting! nice...

SLEEP...It's Overrated!
by twmax

Comment by Simpa:
The coffee cup it disturbing by its color... off white with black lettering would have been a lot better..

SLEEP...It's Overrated!
by twmax

Comment by Claya:
Cute still life. Just wish the coffee beans and knob on the press were seperated from the background a bit more.

SLEEP...It's Overrated!
by twmax

Comment by Ann:
I can't argue with a picture of one of my favorite subjects...The big stuff is all pretty well done. The image is properly exposed, in focus, although it could be sharpened better, and the composition is well balanced. Where it's going to lose points is on the details. A black background is probably not the best choice to back up the coffee beans or the black parts of the coffeepot, because they fade into the background. The rest of the room is reflected off the metal parts of the coffeepot. The last thing is that the glass coffeepot can be lit better to show off the glass (get a copy of Light, Science and Magic from the library, and read the glass chapter). These are all little things, but together, they'll take at least a full point off your final score.

Wow, I really got wordy. Sorry about that.

SLEEP...It's Overrated!
by twmax

Comment by HeiSch:
nice simple and clear presentation

SLEEP...It's Overrated!
by twmax

Comment by alreadythere:
composition is weighted too heavily toward the left, i think. also, boo on words -- they diffuse any subtext the image might have had. if you're going for the "sleep is for the weak" theme, there are more metaphoric ways of going about it (but then again, they probably wouldn't have fit with the challenge theme).

Poppy with Visitor
by twmax

Comment by ursula:
What a beautiful picture!

Fall Leaves
by twmax

Comment by noraneko:
I love the colors in this! Very well done. Adding to faves.