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.

4 - Baby Pinecone
by colorcarnival

Comment by BeckyT:
Great capture. The pinecone caught my eye first then I noticed the snow. It is really neat how the snow is just sitting on top of the branches and the pinecone is facing you. The blue bokeh adds some very nice color.