The One
by talikf

Comment by Jutilda:
I liked this one. Congrats on top 20.

The One
by talikf

Comment by wavelength:
Greetings from the CC ;)

Hey, what can I say? This is a great photo, very clean graphically. I love the color in the background, and the use of shallow DOF is nicely used to highlight your lone pea there.

Improvement possibilities: maybe the hand could have been coming up at a diagonal, holding the pea in an off-center thirds position, this would have given a better overall flow to the pic I think, and increase the feeling of simplicity that I think you were going for.

Flaming Sword
by talikf

Comment by jrtodd:
Hello from the Critique Club

Great take on the challenge, this is a very creative idea. The crop used really brings the flame to the forefront of the composition. The right arm is a bit deep in the shadows and a bit more light there and on his chest would have add some definition to that area. If you could have used some lighting you also could have increased the F-stop and reduced the ISO and had a sharper image. At F/4 there is a limit on the DOF and I feel that lost of sharpness resulted in the lower votes.
Overall this is a very good imaged and had I voted in this challenge I would have scored it an 8

The One
by talikf

Comment by graphicfunk:
Congratulations on your top 20 finish with this sigular contestant.

The One
by talikf

Comment by Fromac:
Simple. Elegant. Nice DOF.

The One
by talikf

Comment by Tanny:
I hope thats a pea:) nice shot

The One
by talikf

Comment by vikasmal:
Excellent use of shallow DOF. Vikas.

The One
by talikf

Comment by Mulder:
very nice DOF

The One
by talikf

Comment by Elvis_L:
the coors are nice. the shallow DOF is working for me. nice job.

The One
by talikf

Comment by Greebo:
Nicely done