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Comment by ericwoo:
--Feedback Request--

Camera Work/Technical:Your focus is sot-on and your tones are wonderful. I really like the feel that you portray to the viewer here. The crisp image paired with the crisp reflection and imperfect background give this one a feeling of third world medicine and a struggle for life and health.

Lighting:The lighting is also one of the strengths of the image. Your background is bright, but it does not compete for the eyes attention with the subject of the image. The two highlights on the glass itself are a bit distracting, but not enough to pull from the vote I would have given it.

Composition/Content:The tight crop really adds to the tension and the 'darkness' of the image. I'm not sure if that what you were aiming for or not, but it certainly adds to the mood of the image and increases the overall interest for me. Your composition also flows very well for me. The crisp, red glass grabs my eye right away, then the leaf serves well to pull my eye through the frame and investigate what else is around. The imperfections in the background and the vignetting that you created with the foam core do a wonderful job to keep my eye within the frame, yet exploring the entire image.

My Opinion:I like the image, so my opinion is that it should have scored higher. However, its just not DPC-friendly. The voters here like pretty images that are clean, crisp and mostly unoriginal. 7 of the top 10 images are just copies of what someone else has already shot, as you will probably find to be the case with most of the challenges. I did not vote in this challenge, as I refrain from the open challenges due to the ridiculously low image sizing that DPC requires. I am sure that with a more properly sized image that this one would have done better. I like it, and I'd really like to see a better size of it. Nice work!

Eric

Life Blood
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Comment by KarenNfld:
I gave this a 6. I like the leaf the best, it's deep and dark. The reflection of the leaf and the glass is good. Not too fond of the glass, the reflection on it is a bit distracting. What I don't like most about this is the background. If it were perfectly white I think you would have scored better. As it is now it looks blotchy and the "vignette" doesn't look even.

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Comment by fmalan:
No idea.

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Comment by bobonacus:
The leaf adds loads of interest for me, the blacks and reds are very nice. I like the reflections and the fact they are only small and the image is not symmetrical. The flash reflection on the glass bothers me a little, and I don't like the black line across the back, that bothers me the most about this shot I think. I like the natural vignette but would have preferred no line through the center. I gave this a 7 in the challenge.

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Comment by MistyMucky:
I dare say it is glass

Nice and interesting shapes. My wife likes the colours, I would have gone black&white.

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Comment by KarenNfld:
Looks like bubbles in a glass ball. Very very cool.

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Comment by aplomb76:
This is the second photo I've seen with that pattern. What is it?

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Comment by Lutchenko:
You totally got me with this one

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Comment by ti_evom:
No vote, just guessing...

glass?

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Comment by one2one:
Something in liquid. Very cool shot.