Rotating
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Comment by gipper11:
Very cool photograph, I am not sure what it is but it is very nice.

International Christmas Mail
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Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Let me start off by saying that I like the bokeh filter, must try to make one :-) I like that they aren't jagged all around, the rounded parts give a Christmas-ornament feel to the shot. The focus on the one letter from Japan is very good as that face has so much character to it! Also like being able to see and read enough of the other stampmarks to give an idea as to where they came from and how the stamps define each country.

I think many read the composition as a little on the casual side, and the portrait orientation might have hurt your score a little. I gave a 6 during voting but it honestly didn't catch me enough to warrant voting higher. The blank space in the middle third of the pic disconnects the top part of the tree from the cards, and that may have been just enough to disengage voters. Show us a story!

Hope this helps

Susan

International Christmas Mail
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Comment by grahamgator:
I really like this image and thought it would place higher. Nicely done.

Pears
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Comment by gipper11:
I really like the lighting.

Pears
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Comment by mariuca:
A golden one! Must be a Reine Claude

International Christmas Mail
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Comment by WonderDude:
I think your creative bokeh cut out is too large for the aperture opening of your lens. Would have been cooler if the entire bokeh blobs had that serrated edge look. Anyway really cool idea!

The Tree Thief
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Comment by jgirl57:
LOL I had to laugh at this and for the out of the box I like it, this has won my personal red

The lighting of the warm glow make it special for me

Let's take the red baubles this year...
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Comment by tolovemoon:
Aww broken, bet it was pretty..

Let's take the red baubles this year...
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Comment by tanguera:
Good idea. Odd to have most of the foreground blank...

Let's take the red baubles this year...
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Comment by clickodak:
Very creative Give 7 Merry Christmas !!!!