Day 11 - Old tape
by hajeka

Comment by MelonMusketeer:
Another wonderful macro from you! You have been doing a great job with this macro side challenge. Nice curves and contrast in color and shape in this image.

Day 11 - Old tape
by hajeka

Comment by ZeppKash:
Focus is crisp. I think the dust makes it look like the tape isn't 'floating' on nothing, although some may find it distracting.

Day 11 - Old tape
by hajeka

Comment by one2one:
Love the colours and the crispness. If this were cleaned up it would make for a very nice image. A good stock image, perhaps.

Day 05 - Shoe
by hajeka

Comment by Arcanist:
Love the liquid feel of the leather and contrasting but similar textures of the lace! This is a great idea for a macro and I would not hesitate to give it an 8 in a black/leather/clothing type of challenge. Square crop seems to work, but leaves me a bit uneasy, not sure why.

Day 06 - Clove
by hajeka

Comment by Arcanist:
How large is this thing in reality? It looks like it might be only an inch or so, maybe smaller. Excellent detail. Static macro that would probably get killed in a DPC challenge, but as a side challenge entry is superior. (Looks like a hot pixel on the center-left of the clove?)

Day 07 - Cauliflower
by hajeka

Comment by Arcanist:
Perfect focus, Perfect placement, Excellent detail. This really looks like a brain! I would be jumping about the image except that it is on that darn static black background that leaves it stark/void of any impact and the image suddenly goes from a potential super impacting 9-10 to a ho-hum 5.

As a macro however. I love it.

Day 11 - Old tape
by hajeka

Comment by scwalsh:
super sharp and great color saturation well done

Day 08 - Inside a tulip
by hajeka

Comment by Arcanist:
Ok, now. Do I love this? YES. Fill the frame, macro, flowers, complementary colors, perhaps abstract all a solid 7, possibly and 8 from me. What could be better? More sharp. Slightly more detail on the pollen (comes off muddy to me.) Perhaps a variant of lighting that casts a bit of shadow in an odd angle to the rest? Maybe more saturation? Not certain. Overall I feel good about it despite the wind oof.

Day 09 - Burning match
by hajeka

Comment by Arcanist:
I don't like it either. Too much noise in the flame, subject comes off bland and this would get killed in a challenge for flame or wood as little more than a 2-3 from me. That said, You've done well to get both the flame and the wood exposed properly, which I can never do.

Day 10 - Clothes pin
by hajeka

Comment by Arcanist:
Like the subject and that the coloration is complimentary. The pattern and crop work very well. Would love to see a tertiary complimentary color as the background, rather than black, but that's me. High marks for focus point and texture captured. Colors are too out of norm for a high finish with the voters, but would find a solid 6 from me in Abstract/household/Colors/patterns challenge. (Nitpick: Lower Left Green Pin has a white speck that anal people will subtract for.)