Rusted out turbine from the old mill (background)
by Drake

Comment by thunderbug:
lighting could be better, but i like

Rusted out turbine from the old mill (background)
by Drake

Comment by Prof_Fate:
rusty object a bit dark - perhaps fill flash or a reflector to get some light on it to show some detail.

Nature's Proportional Fruit - The Prune 'n Raisin
by Drake

Comment by NRRon:
I think this foto, although technically very good, suffers from too much magic.

Magnolia Blossom
by Drake

Comment by jpochard:
Hello from the critique club!

One of the first things I do when I look at a critique club photo is to try and guess which challenge it came from before I look at the photo information. This one really didn't strike me as a sillhouette.

It seems the overall effect is darkness with the one area of light, whereas a sillhouette generally has the opposite I think - an overall effect of light with the one area of darkness.

I think the subject itself (the bloom), lacks a really distinctive shape to use to try and capture a sillhouette here. I think it's pretty evident that it is some sort of plant, but there's really nothing to catch my interest.

I hope you find this helpful!

Nature's Proportional Fruit - The Prune 'n Raisin
by Drake

Comment by TLL061:
very good

Nature's Proportional Fruit - The Prune 'n Raisin
by Drake

Comment by Pidd:
Cute, but your lighting is off and there is stuff on the tabletop that is distracting. I'm not quite sure what to suggest to improve the lighting, but it just doesn't seem to make the fruit pop out right.

Magnolia Blossom
by Drake

Comment by GeneralE:
A very unusual treatment of this flower.

Magnolia Blossom
by Drake

Comment by jaratown:
my favourite - definitely. modern and moody. 17 of 17.

Serious Horsepower.....
by Drake

Comment by toeknee:
This is the first animal image that actually seems the show the animal in a power or strength situation. Nice.

Magnolia Blossom
by Drake

Comment by shardy:
I find this pic too dark and too close up