Sunlight on a Leaf
by Mona

Comment by jonpink:
a leaf? great textures and worn weathered colors. 8

Water Or ?
by Mona

Comment by autool:
It looks as though you had all of the ingrediants for an exceptional shot. The limbs of the trees are very distracting. Maybe it would have improved your shot if you had worked them in to frame the main subject, the wonderfully bright boat. 4

Peephole
by Mona

Comment by JC_Homola:
Greetings from the critique club.

First let me say, I love this shot! I know it is a flower but the colours and the slight blur make it an abstract that appears to be in a fire, or kiln with that red glow.

As an abstract and impressionistic image, it's a 10+ esp. if you rotated it to be just a bit more diagonal in the frame.

For the challenge,, well, I feel it need a bit more of the area to be very sharply focused to give a real feel of shallow DOF.
I think that is what held this fine image from doing better. I think it was better than 4.7 but what do I know?

If the stamen (?) was very sharp and the rest has the lovely blur you have here it would definitely be a top 10 in my book.

Very nicely done.

Sunlight on a Leaf
by Mona

Comment by sfalice:
While the title does not do justice to this fine artwork, the composition, textures and colors are wonderful. Nice seeing.

Sunlight on a Leaf
by Mona

Comment by Neil:
Very beautiful!! Just a tad hot on the right.

Sunlight on a Leaf
by Mona

Comment by jpochard:
I wish the leaf had been more prominent. I see the texture and the lighting is good. Just not a subject that appeals to me, though.

Water Or ?
by Mona

Comment by justine:
Love the green against the blue. Too bad the tree was there!! Good luck in the challenge.

Water Or ?
by Mona

Comment by sfalice:
I very much like this colorful rendition of the Challenge. The bright green boat is perfectly composed in the image and interacts well with the blue of the water. Well done. 8

Letting Go In Your Own Way
by Mona

Comment by justine:
Not sure why this would of needed validation?? Anyway nice shot, but too bad the sky wasn't better for you.

Black is Black I want My Baby Back
by Mona

Comment by drgsoell:
It's gray, it's gray, since she went away. A heart on a rock?