Chives
by hajeka

Comment by 4trtone:
Beautiful shapes/tones and the one focused circle is great.

Chives
by hajeka

Comment by galatia_n:
It smells stronger coz it comes out from the frame, brilliant.

Vase with shadow
by hajeka

Comment by KarenNfld:
Simple but pretty.

Just blown out
by hajeka

Comment by adigitalromance:
I like this. The softness of the smoke and how the colors complement each other. I like how even in a close up of the candle, you were still able to use negative space.

Chives
by hajeka

Comment by tanguera:
Wonderful dof. Looks like the top of the head of some large stick bug.

Vase with shadow
by hajeka

Comment by Franka:
Pretty

The beauty of smoke
by hajeka

Comment by imtihanah:
Woow

Chives
by hajeka

Comment by bspurgeon:
don't even think of eating me

Chives
by hajeka

Comment by bvy:
Who knew something so simple and mundane as chives could be presented to look like a one-eyed sea monster? Ben knows a thing or two about sea monsters. A clever vision you had for this out-of-the-proverbial-box still life.

The beauty of smoke
by hajeka

Comment by redmoon:
It is quite pretty, so scores well on the initial ‘oooh’ factor, but isn’t stay super interesting. I think I might have cropped a chunk off the left too; it would I think make the flowness more dynamic, plus the areas of void doesn’t really help and unbalances the overall appearance. The blue hue works well though, and it is very nicely illuminated. As a rule I don’t let borders influence my scoring; but if I did I’d have thought the blue line clashed a little bit, and it feels a bit too 80’s to me.

My First Weighted Scoring System ™; composition + technical 1.25/3, challenge* 1/1, post processing results 1/2, ooooh factor 2/3, originality 0.25/1 = 5.5 rounded to 6 (* I don’t think it’s possible to not meet the challenge on this one so everyone gets a 1/1)