Needle On Ice
by Mona

Comment by larimarie:
cool!

Your Garden
by Mona

Comment by pcody:
Composition is very good and I imagine the original had decent dof. I find this a bit too oversharpened.

Your Garden
by Mona

Comment by librodo:
Very good. However, I prefer more empty space on top than at the bottom. The lighting her is very dramatic and the dOF, superb. Just the right amount.

Needle On Ice
by Mona

Comment by eclipticinsight:
interesting contrast

Your Garden
by Mona

Comment by Beagleboy:
I woud have rotated this 90 degrees CW. Apart from that, excellent capture of a wild orchid. Crop doesn't really fit magazine cover either.

Needle On Ice
by Mona

Comment by daveit:
great detail.

Your Garden
by Mona

Comment by Dave Gordon:
A very pretty shot, but magazines are almost universally vertical, and should have a space where the logo and list of top stories could go without covering anything essential to the picture.

Your Garden
by Mona

Comment by mirdonamy:
A little too bright on the lighting, very nice composition

Your Garden
by Mona

Comment by BobsterLobster:
Very nice shot, good use of top-left to bottom-right diagonal. Very effective use of limited depth of field. However, the shot is very noisy, I would have cleaned this up with NeatImage. IMO the flower needs much more sharpening in PS. I think your thick black border detracts from your photo. Your camera needs a bit of help in PS with colours and saturation... the colours seem a bit dull and lifeless.

Needle On Ice
by Mona

Comment by Bibliophile:
Nice crisp focus, but the background is distracting. What is it? At first I thought it was carpet, but you titled it 'on ice' which I'm not wrapping my head around.