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.

Your Garden
by Mona

Comment by peecee:
Should go very close, excellent 10

Your Garden
by Mona

Comment by daisy77:
nice focal point, interesting subject.

Needle On Ice
by Mona

Comment by shardy:
This is incredible. Beautiful. Top marks ;)