Scent of Childhood
by shareinnc

Comment by SteveS:
Nice idea, but could stand more contrast.

Purple Flame Ice
by shareinnc

Comment by LanSnake:
Greetings from the Critique Club,

Composition:
Purple Flame Ice (great title, by the way!) is an interesting composition. While I like the close-in feel in the photograph, I wonder if the composition might be stronger if the ice were not crowding so close to the edges of the frame. Also, I think the composition could be improved by including the upper right section of ice that runs out of the frame.

Technical:
The lighting and exposure work very well and help to capture the wonderful colors from the flame. It is sometimes difficult to get a tight focus on a translucent object like ice. I think this photograph could be improved by working with different aperture settings, to try and get more of the ice in focus. The outer edges of the ice are in soft focus. It would be interesting to see how this photograph would look if the edges of the ice were more tightly in focus.

Meet the Challenge Objective?
This is a bold entry for the symmetry challenge. I see elements of light and color that form a symmetrical pattern, but I don't see symmetry in the shape of the ice. I think this is a creative exploration of symmetry in light, but many DP voters were probably looking for symmetry that is more "in your face" and that could account for the lower score for this challenge. Note that lower scores in DPChallenge are necessarily a bad thing -- it usually means that you've pushed certain creative elements outside the boundaries of what the "quick reviewer" is expecting to see.

Scent of Childhood
by shareinnc

Comment by BigHusker001:
Colors are kinda bland. Not very vivid. Picture is kind of dark. Maybe working with the brightness/contrast and saturation would help. The lint or hair on the bottom left is unfortunate.

Lemon Meringue Pi
by shareinnc

Comment by ruthiek:
The focus is a little soft, but the colors work very nicely in the photo, and it definitely conveys the idea of pi.

Scent of Childhood
by shareinnc

Comment by one66stang:
Love the title but the colors are dull and there seems to be something distracting in the lower right corner

Scent of Childhood
by shareinnc

Comment by kcwhisper379:
This photo seems a little dull, and the little white hair is distracting....I imagine you have a kitty, or some other pet that is distracting too. hehe I love the title.

Scent of Childhood
by shareinnc

Comment by Chuckie:
good job

Lemon Meringue Pi
by shareinnc

Comment by SteveS:
Imaginative but a little obscure.

Scent of Childhood
by shareinnc

Comment by Fiver:
I wonder why you turned the blue one...? I like how you offset the picuter.

Scent of Childhood
by shareinnc

Comment by frisca:
i like that its macro, makes me feel like the crayons are massive, but the whitish scratch on your background in the right corner is distracting.