\"Odd Lime Out\"
by bennettjamie

Comment by Drake:
not much OOF in the background....still see the textures of the cloth backdrop.

\"Tree Entrance\"
by bennettjamie

Comment by Arcanist:
Hi Jamie.

Where this image went wrong mostly was in the sizing. For many of us here at DPC, if the image is not at least 640px on one side, then a point or two get lost right off the top. Some people simply (1) anything that isn't close to that size due to the challenges of trying to view the finer detail.

This is an image that dutifully fits the challenge and others will give a ten, simply because it fits and the image is crisp and clear. You have all the technicals down on this image, just not the 'artsy-ness' of it.

Imagine if you had been able to get right up close on this hole and shoot an angle that really dropped us into the tree...now, there I would have given some good bonus points.

\"Odd Lime Out\"
by bennettjamie

Comment by cpanaioti:
Good idea for a still life however the forground subject is too close to the backdrop producing a background that is not quite out of focus enough. The wrinkles on the backdrop are quite distracting.

\"Odd Lime Out\"
by bennettjamie

Comment by kandykarml:
I would have ironed the backdrop & lost the placemat. Both are kinda distracting.

\"Odd Lime Out\"
by bennettjamie

Comment by dcyoung:
I don't see much use of depth of field here.

\"Odd Lime Out\"
by bennettjamie

Comment by emily212:
I dont see the DOF

\"Odd Lime Out\"
by bennettjamie

Comment by jmosher:
I would like to see the colors "pop" and not see the wrinkled background.

\"Odd Lime Out\"
by bennettjamie

Comment by Omni:
where is the "shallow dof" effect ???

\"Tree Entrance\"
by bennettjamie

Comment by bennettjamie:
I really didn't like this picture to enter, but I didn't have much time to get into this challenge. I can see where this picture would be boring. I can't believe one person voted me a "10", and 3 voted an "8".

\"Odd Lime Out\"
by bennettjamie

Comment by -MK-:
dof?