Day-2
by magenmarie

Comment by silverscreen:
Nice Lamp, excellent colours - I like it a lot :)

Day-2
by magenmarie

Comment by skewsme:
Nice abstract. Part of me really loves the gold and part of me wants to know what it looks like with the yellow saturation taken down a peg. I'm a big fan of earth tones though, and the rusts here are lovely.

Day-2
by magenmarie

Comment by Elvis_L:
interesting abstract. the colors play nice off each other. I think I would have liked a deeper dof but i'm funny that way:) great job.

Day 1 LEAF
by magenmarie

Comment by alfresco:
Wow - great minimal dof you've captured! And great focus too :)

Day 1 LEAF
by magenmarie

Comment by GinaRothfels:
I like the idea of shallow dof here, but think I'd have focused a bit further back.

Day 1 LEAF
by magenmarie

Comment by ltlmschrisss:
I really love the color and texture. I would have liked a little bit deeper dof though.

Day 1 LEAF
by magenmarie

Comment by silverscreen:
Maybe it's not real macro, but it's still nice.
I think I would have prefered another background though. It crashes a little with the leaf's...

Posing Pretty
by magenmarie

Comment by Balko:
Meets Challenge = 2
Technical Stuff = 2
Creativity = 2
Overall Impression = 1
Biased Wow Factor = 0
Super comp, but I'd prefer a different bg color.

Posing Pretty
by magenmarie

Comment by empirefire:
Like the background color and the closeup is just the right balance. Nicely done.

Posing Pretty
by magenmarie

Comment by CNovack:
This is a very nice close-up of the Ducky - a portrait style photograph for a still life:-) Lighting and background settings are the two areas that this photograph needs improvment in. Lighting is the one of the single biggest challenges a photographer grapples with all the time. The lighting in this photo gives this ducky a blueish tinge to its white colored plastic body. That bluish cast dulls the normally vibrant white color of the duck. The color of the duck is dull and as such does not pop off the background visually. It might be because of what light source you used or a need to set the White Balance in your camera. Just one article on lighting that may help you is //www.ezine-articles-planet.com/Article/Digital-Photography--White-Balance-Demystified/27834
You could also look at some good tutorials here at DPC - one shows you step by step on how to compensate and remove color cast from your photograph //www.dpchallenge.com/tutorial.php?TUTORIAL_ID=24 . Lastly, the background you chose is a little too close in hue to the orange of the beak. The vibrancy of the color of orange is drawing the eye's attention away from the duck. Plus, it is not allowing the duck to visually pop off the background. Experimenting with other vibrant (or not as vibrant) hues that are NOT the same colors as your main subject will help your main focal point visually pop of the page - i.e. blue, yellow, red, etc.... Hope this critique helps.