The Ecologist
by UberFish

Comment by Musicman:
I would have preferred it cropped from the bottom and the right side.
This is justed my taste.

The Ecologist
by UberFish

Comment by thirteen_times:
A little bit more sky, a little less field. 7.

Acrylics and oils
by UberFish

Comment by SweetKali:
hmmm.....

Acrylics and oils
by UberFish

Comment by wewillexplore:
More gutsy than I am. I have a "dpc tribute" shot, but I didn't dare post it for the glass challenge. Good colors, nice mixes. 8

Acrylics and oils
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Comment by Olyuzi:
I like the background, it looks like melting ice.

Acrylics and oils
by UberFish

Comment by sherryk471:
I like the idea here but the background doesn't do it for me and it's a bit fuzzy

Acrylics and oils
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Comment by Toddh:
personally, I don't like the lettering..... I think you could have perhaps created a better design with the paint, I think this would have worked better with the surface oil(?) to create that disjointed effect...... good luck, Todd.

Acrylics and oils
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Comment by qachyk:
Interesting choice of subject. I, er. Well, it meets the challenge, and it goes well with the site... doesn't do much for me personally.

Acrylics and oils
by UberFish

Comment by Koriyama:
Trying to win points by sucking up to them upstairs? Would work better if it were sharper.

tulip
by UberFish

Comment by HBunch:
*Critique Club*
This is a great example of Secondary colors. You have Green, Purple and Orange in the shot, and I think it looks marvelous.
There are only a couple nit picks that I have about this, and they are quite minor.
First. I can see that you have done a rotation correction on this, then cropped. You left a small piece of white in the upper left corner. I noticed this right away, due to the fact that these photos load from top to bottom.
Second, I would like to see this with the tuilps which are poking out from the bottom cropped off. They add nothing to the picture, and I think it would take nothing away from the picture to crop that small portion out. Even if it is cropping a bit of the tulip in the bottom right corner, I think I would still prefer that to seeing those little tops of the intruding tulips.
Focus is great in my opinion. I like the DOF. The background is blurred nicely, and not distracting at all to your main subject.
Lighting conditions appear to be a bit dull, however, with the waxy texture of tulips, had the lighting conditions been really bright and sunny, I fear that these would have suffered from glare. So probably the better choice to go with a little dark, than too bright. I do think though that maybe if you played with saturation levels, it could bring out the colors a bit? Something to try anyway.
It's a really nice shot.
~Heather~