Apollo
by aimeethetoo

Comment by pottersclay75:
Oh my... This has to be a ribbon winner! ! ! 10

Apollo
by aimeethetoo

Comment by PurpleFire:
A lot of effort went in to this. It's the kind of thing my teacher wife would do!

I think the image would be stronger if the Apollo was approaching the sun from the left rather than leaving the sun to the right, but that's just me.

Apollo
by aimeethetoo

Comment by shaundp:
fun idea

Apollo
by aimeethetoo

Comment by asmithphotos:
nice shot

Apollo
by aimeethetoo

Comment by philup:
I couldn't imagine how long this took!!!! Your colors are great, 10 from me, add to fav

Melancholy Princess
by aimeethetoo

Comment by Judi:
Very pretty princessa t that.

Melancholy Princess
by aimeethetoo

Comment by rickhd13:
nice portrait. the highlights on the flowers appear blown out.

Melancholy Princess
by aimeethetoo

Comment by talikf:
A little less shadow on her face and this would have been perfect. Her shoulder has all the light here, a little distracting. I would have also removed the necklace.

Sweet Dreams
by aimeethetoo

Comment by william88:
I like this picture. Feel warm from the heart. Have you ever taken one sleeping baby with smile?
BTW, thanks for supporting my first entry.

the orange also rises
by aimeethetoo

Comment by scarbrd:
---Greetings from the Critique Club!---

First impression - WOW! Great idea and execution!

Meets the challenge - perfectly

I like the border although it fights for attention from the image a little too much. Borders are a tricky thing. I use them most of the time, but I find less is more when it comes to borders. Perhaps if it wasn't pure white it would fade back from the main image a bit.

The idea for this shot is brilliant. The orange and sunshine connection works and comes across loud and clear.

The square crop leaves a but too much negative space on top IMO. I get that you were going for the square crop, but I think the image would have been better served with a slight horizontal crop leaving less space on top.

These are nit-picky things for such a strong image. I'm only trying to think of what would have taken this into the top 10 or top 5.

Any score north of 6 is a good score, so you're successful on that account.

Congratulations on your 11th place finish.

I hope this was helpful. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

David