Day 1 LEAF
by magenmarie

Comment by Elvis_L:
interesting dof. I like the colors and the curving of the leaf is nice.

Day 1 LEAF
by magenmarie

Comment by margiemu:
I like the colors, and also the curve of the bottom of the leaf. Nice job!

Day 1 LEAF
by magenmarie

Comment by Balko:
Ditto on the colors - they are fantastic.

Day 1 LEAF
by magenmarie

Comment by Jaded_Housewife:
Great colors. very warm and rich. nicely done.

Day 1 LEAF
by magenmarie

Comment by KarenNfld:
I'd consider this a macro. Nice use of DOF.

Posing Pretty
by magenmarie

Comment by justine:
Yeah, pretty, just what I was thinking. It's really nice best of luck in the challenge.

Posing Pretty
by magenmarie

Comment by digidori:
Pretty brave to use that background or was it post processed? Inquire minds want to know!

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.