Colorful Circles
by magenmarie

Comment by talj:
Greeting from the Critique Club!

First of all congratulations on almost reaching your 5.8 target Magen :o) Setting goals for your shots each challenge is a cool idea :o)

Composition:

My initial thought was this was a stack of funny coloured cookies! I really like your choice of angle here, I am not sure about the red 'object' in the background but it does help that you have it out of focus otherwise I feel it would be quite distracting.

Technicals:

I have to agree with your commenters that a slightly deeper DOF would have helped this image, not a lot though just enough to maybe have more focus on the middle 4 or 5 'cookies' ;o)For me this is the main reason why voters may have given you a few less points. You have captured some great detail and textures and I actually feeling the lighting you have used helps highlight the different colours :o)

If you've got any questions about this critique, please feel free to contact me via the PM system.

- Natalya :o)

Message edited by author 2006-10-07 05:51:41.

PuRRRRRple
by magenmarie

Comment by Photologist:
Wow! I really like this one.

Colorful Circles
by magenmarie

Comment by sadiebird:
good focus, nice colors and light as well.

Colorful Circles
by magenmarie

Comment by SherwinJames:
Nice textures and color. The DOF should be a little deeper for this type of shot I think.

Colorful Circles
by magenmarie

Comment by brimac:
harsh lighting.....

PuRRRRRple
by magenmarie

Comment by Blackbox:
PrEEEEEty nice and 3D too. More importantly...Hooray for not flowers! Thanks for something different.

Colorful Circles
by magenmarie

Comment by Jason_Cross:
I admire your use of Dof in this shot.

PuRRRRRple
by magenmarie

Comment by BethieB:
Wow - this is really cool!

PuRRRRRple
by magenmarie

Comment by gg3rd:
Purple indeed!
Very interesting composition. I'm curious how you did it.

shroom.jpg
by magenmarie

Comment by glad2badad:
You should have flipped it over!!! :D

That's a fine edge you have on DOF with this shot. Did a nice job of blurring out the bg that way.

I would have been tempted to zero in on that lower-left corner and get a shot of the dew covered grass with the mushroom (really low angle to get the fins) as the background. Maybe toss a star filter on for good measure. ;^)

Smile and keep having fun!