Magic candle
by Crafty Sue

Comment by dsidwell:
The use of off center here suggests that your communication goes beyond this glass and this phemonenon, so you've used it to your advantage here. I'm not so sure about the split background, though; the two colors don't seem to enhance anything you're trying to get at here.

Magic candle
by Crafty Sue

Comment by Gracious:
We photographers need to watch the details. Up in the left corner is a mark that adds no virtue to this image, but is distracting. My eyes wander right to it.

Magic candle
by Crafty Sue

Comment by Shadow Eagle:
although off center nothing in picture to hold attention/draw attention to 4

Magic candle
by Crafty Sue

Comment by ursula:
The candle is off center, so it meets the challenge. The green paper is a bit grainy, and the candle is a bit tilted to the right. Also, there's something in the top left hand corner that you could have easily cropped out.

Magic candle
by Crafty Sue

Comment by jillz:
This shot looks like you laid some green construction paper on the carpet/floor and then took a picture of your subject. I think it would be better if you put the construction paper against the wall. Yes, your subject is off center which fits the challenge. I do like some of the reflections in the base of the glass but the red against the green just reminds me of Christmas and that seeems out of context of your shot.

Magic candle
by Crafty Sue

Comment by ChrisW123:
LOL, magic candle?

Cake
by Crafty Sue

Comment by jillz:
I think this could be a very nice shot. The chair in the background leads your eye away from the centerpiece of the cake and the lighting is a little harsh. Perhaps a cloth in the background or a more neutral one would be better .

Cake
by Crafty Sue

Comment by chickadee:
Too much contrast.... perhaps an improvement would have been to have the material continuing as a backdrop?

Cake
by Crafty Sue

Comment by frisca:
that chair in the background is terribly distracting, and the light on the cake is very bright, causing its details to be difficult to see. I would have zoomed in on the cake a little more closely and cropped this so that it was a portrait, not landscape.

Magic candle
by Crafty Sue

Comment by alanfreed:
I'm afraid it just doesn't reach out & grab me too much... it just doesn't strike me as an interesting subject, I guess. There's also a distracting blob up in the upper left hand corner... not sure what that's there for.