Birds and blooms
by Dim7

Comment by LarsPaysen:
Shouldn't there be a bird in the shot for a magazine like that?

Birds and blooms
by Dim7

Comment by kebmod54:
Layout and design is good, bright colors. I would have liked more of the subject to be in focus rather than just the top petals. Still a very good photo.

Birds and blooms
by Dim7

Comment by JB707:
Where's the bird? LOL nice photo...
JB

Seven
by Dim7

Comment by mbardeen:
Greets from the Critique Club:

Hi Neil,

My intial impression of this shot is one of visual confusion. To properly expose the house, you've overexposed the flowers and the grass in the foreground. The house feels cramped in the frame, and there's very little place for the eye to wander to expect the top left hand corner. What I like about the photo is the angle you captured your house from. Not many people would think to shoot from this angle. I also like the hints of the purples in the flower bed. If the front area was just a bit darker, I think this would have scored better.

Hope this helps! Good luck in future challenges!
-Matt

When the cloud settles
by Dim7

Comment by wewillexplore:
Mmmm after voting on 202 of these liquid shots, I'd take one of yours.

When the cloud settles
by Dim7

Comment by johngo:
Okay!

When the cloud settles
by Dim7

Comment by Olyuzi:
This photo is uninteresting and appears that not much thought went into it's taking. Here's some suggestion to improve it: First, a nice big head of beer dripping down the side of the glass would add more interest. Also, while I like the background, the fact that it ends and the beer is sitting on an ugly table makes this look like a snapshot. Get rid of the table by using muslin, canvas or other type of cloth for your background and have it extend down on top of the table and have your glass of beer sit on it. Also, backlighting of the glass of beer would have given you more interesting colors in the beer and a seperate light for the background would have added depth and an overall better effect. Good luck in future challenges and I hope this has been helpful to you.

When the cloud settles
by Dim7

Comment by MattW:
nice idea..nice symetry

When the cloud settles
by Dim7

Comment by qachyk:
A different coloured backdrop would have highlighted the glass and contents more but I think I kind of like the close match between it and the foam; you've got a nice shades-of-yellow/brown going on here, although the table (pine, I'd guess) is a little bright in that case. Not as dramatic as the other Guinness shot I've seen so far but I like the slowly rising foam effect.

When the cloud settles
by Dim7

Comment by carolee:
Overall, the image itself is a little bland, with it being neutral upon neutral and not 100% crisp. I'd like a background/base that contrast more with the subject tonally. However, the "story" of the cloud moving through the beer makes this feel like an object in motion, and the thing you notice about the image is the liquid in the glass. Overall, I definitely like this photo and I think it meets the challenge well.