In the Fullness of Life
by SquishyB

Comment by hms09:
beautiful!

In the Fullness of Life
by SquishyB

Comment by Nuzzer:
I looked at this for a while and decided that I do like it - I wasn't sure. The petals could do with being more saturated but the "feel" of the shot is good

10 Russian Matrioshkas
by SquishyB

Comment by ursula:
Beautiful colours, and, again, the idea is good. I am not sure that the shallow DOF works here to bring out the concept of perspective. It might be good to try the image at various F stops (does the Coolpix allow you to set F-stops?, I don't know). If using presets, try the "landscape" preset, it usually has the most depth of field settings (whereas "portrait" uses a much more shallow setting usually).

Something else. When looking both at the thumbnail and at the full-size image, the first thing that hits you in the face with it is the first, big, out of focus, partial doll to the left. It looks like a big balloon intruding there. It uses up almost 1/3 of the whole picture, and on the left hand side (when looking at a horizontal image, most people look at it left to right). It doesn't really work to have it there. Starting with a full doll would be better IMO. But that's just my opinion.

"I'm mellltttiinng!! What a world, what a world!"
by SquishyB

Comment by ursula:
Neat picture, good idea.

A couple things that possibly work against the image (as far as scores at DPC goes) are: (1) not everyone will make the connection to the Wicked Witch, and you are at least in part relying on the title for people to make the connection - it's gotta hit them in the face, the title needs to complement the photo, not explain it. (2) It's a black outfit melting into grey, and it just doesn't have enough appeal to captivate the audience. (3) The subject (robe/hat) looks a bit like a black blob, no detail.

Please don't get offended, it's hard to make constructive comments.

Maybe try different background and more dynamic lighting for a similar image. Maybe try not cutting off parts of the subject. Maybe in colour. I don't know, I think the idea has a lot of potential, but it would be good to experiment with different executions.

In the Fullness of Life
by SquishyB

Comment by Nudibranch:
I think you were trying to capture the fading colour once a bloom is spent. I miss the colour

In the Fullness of Life
by SquishyB

Comment by bmartuch:
This is a really nice shot. It just seems like the colors should be more vivid for "Life". If the flower was wilting, this would be a great death shot. 7

"I'm mellltttiinng!! What a world, what a world!"
by SquishyB

Comment by mistchild2008:
meh....i dont know what you did but you can see pixles under the hat, good idea but i think you could have done alot better

"I'm mellltttiinng!! What a world, what a world!"
by SquishyB

Comment by rosiehall:
great idea but would be better in colour with nice green slime running out over the floor

"I'm mellltttiinng!! What a world, what a world!"
by SquishyB

Comment by gg3rd:
Interesting idea, but I don't think the image can stand outside the context of this challenge or without the title (not taking any points for that though).

"I'm mellltttiinng!! What a world, what a world!"
by SquishyB

Comment by Blink_Too_Fast:
Great picture of the witches last words, but it's missed the irony that I believe was intended in last words for the challenge.