Botany
by lovethelight

Comment by Geocide:
Hell of a shot! I'd like to see the DOP opened up just a bit to include the entire subject though. Great work!

Blood of the Earth
by lovethelight

Comment by stevieian:
Pretty shot; like the focus & colors!

Blood of the Earth
by lovethelight

Comment by Omni:
A beautiful capture

Blood of the Earth
by lovethelight

Comment by Natasha:
This is beautiful and for me this sums up the idea of elements which has a very philosophical idea to it...lovely!

Blood of the Earth
by lovethelight

Comment by dahkota:
excellent point of view and use of color and DOF. 7

Cold Water in the Setting Sun
by lovethelight

Comment by howzitboy:
i dont know. to me the flare just ruined a nice shot. such a great smile hidden behind that big, red flare...

It's Because I'm White, Isn't it?!
by lovethelight

Comment by JerseyGenie:
Very cute. White on white is hard to pull off. Congrats. Like your title too, crazy sense of humor.

The Mother Flower
by lovethelight

Comment by timfythetoo:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

Let me first say congrats on getting out of your FS slump. Anything over a 6 in a FS is always great. Next let me say that I am impressed with your PS work. I figured the large flower was a secondary pic (pretty quick arent I?) but I never would have guessed any other major editing had been done. Your merging of all the parts and images is very clean.

Good story (unfortunataly I didnt get it in voting - though now it makes complete and total sense). Good composition and layout. Your stance is funny but not painfully posed. Colors are very nice, focus and details are good and you did a decent job on your background. The blur worked good to separate you fomr your background.

I dont really have a whole lot on the critical side. Maybe your border is a bit too thick, but thats just a personal preference.

Overall a very good use of expert editing ruleset, but even more so after reading your details. When you can use this ruleset without anyone being the wiser then you know you did real well.

Keep up the good work and good luck in future challenges!

Tim

The Mother Flower
by lovethelight

Comment by colorcarnival:
wow love how this is put together! good editing. great colors! and you look fine lol. fun pic!

The Mother Flower
by lovethelight

Comment by klstover:
Wow, very very great concept. I like how it was executed as well - as others have said, great use of expert editing without going over the top.