One Little Nut
by colorcarnival

Comment by bmartuch:
That looks pretty cool in b&w.

4 - Baby Pinecone
by colorcarnival

Comment by nam:
The pinecone is vVERY cute :) I love the colors and crisp detail in this one. I would be tempted to cheat a little: crop square losing only from left and then clone the pretty, light mottled blue background over the bits of branch that remain.

4 - Baby Pinecone
by colorcarnival

Comment by ursula:
Ahh, wow, so clear, such beautiful colour! I like the snow on the branches. Beautiful.

4 - Baby Pinecone
by colorcarnival

Comment by Ann:
I like how the branch is framed by the shadow. That brings the focus right to the branch and pinecone.

Heavy Metal
by colorcarnival

Comment by bubeltrubel:
I love your idea! Very nice work, too.
But all I see is a spoon and a scew,
unfortunately, only in title I can find a "H".
so, what should I do now? How to vote? I'll vote later...

Heavy Metal
by colorcarnival

Comment by SaraR:
Really good rendition of the texture and a pleasing mono conversion. I do find the reflected light somewhat distracting and uncomfortable to view, also wish you hadn't added the barely discernible black border - not keen on the way it cuts the handle of the spoon off.

4 - Baby Pinecone
by colorcarnival

Comment by MacDonald:
You know this shot is so perfect that it almost looks like it isn't a photograph - and I mean that in the nicest way possible. Every part of the photo is so well done. The pine-cone is very cute and it heralding the coming of spring. The blue sky also is perfect as it makes everything pop - the colors are so true and your ability to get everything is such crisp focus at an Aperture of 2.0 is amazing.
The snow is the crowing glory - in some places it looks like it's part of the sky - some white puffy clouds and then you look again and see that it's the light puffy snow that is keeping the branches company.
A shot to be very proud of.

Heavy Metal
by colorcarnival

Comment by giantmike:
Haha, love how you thought this through.

4 - Baby Pinecone
by colorcarnival

Comment by bsluijk:
Good composition with the branches Creating tension in the frame, and the pinecone almost perfectly on the rule of thirds.

4 - Baby Pinecone
by colorcarnival

Comment by tjbel05:
I like the POV. The snow on the branches from the underside is nice. I like the DOF and how there is a slight glow to the blue color in the photo.