stripes
by varlyte79

Comment:
hard to believe someone would paint a bench so dramatically. Composition is nice, DOF works. I think I would have liked the legs included in the selective saturation. editing and tone suggest a bit of creepiness -- dark vignette, high contrast, dead leaves/branches/weathering, but the colors don't seem to match that feeling.

Late Afternoon Skall
by jjbeguin

Comment:
nice shapes, love the forms that are being made. feels a bit warm to me, with quite a bit of red in it. I think a bigger statement could have been made without the group of people in the shot. feels very ethereal and they jar me back to reality.

A Pretty Cool Collection
by PetRock

Comment:
interesting objects, each one has a very unique texture to it. With that in mind, I think the texture could have been emphasized a bit more with the lighting.

Silent Blue Flower
by SummerJ

Comment:
Aren't all flowers silent?

I like the unique patterns in the stones, but i'm distracted a bit by the vase, and how much of it is in the frame. It's cropped at a bit of a weird place, not quite center (horizontal or vertically) which further draws my eyes to the vase.

Green Aloe
by HeidiM73

Comment:
I think this would do better to have been more cropped in, and focused on a specific part of the plant.

as it sits now, there's some extremely harsh highlights, and some of the non-plant parts are distracting. I like how hard the shadows fall on the right side, maybe that could be a more interesting shot?

Beauties in Blue
by mrjssims

Comment:
Technically, it's a very nicely done shot. exposure is good, focus, composition-- all spot on.

on a more personal level, I'm not finding it to be a terribly exciting shot-- that is to say, it's purely about the form, and not really making any sort of statement that can be long lasting.

Reflections of beautie
by Gengi

Comment:
This has so much warm tones in it, that I feel it'd almost do better on that challenge.

compositionally, I wish it showed either more of the lake, or more of the sky, as it sits now, I'm not sure which one is more important to the meaning of the shot.

Shine
by h2

Comment:
the vase for this is gorgeous, and the highlights in it are amazing. the background is a good contrast from some of the more monochromatic images in this challenge. The lilies are actually the least interesting part of this shot, and I wonder if they're even necessary.

Detail in blue
by hajeka

Comment:
I thought this was a fake flower at first, It has quite a bit of sparkly in it.

overall, I find this image to fit the challenge, but not be terribly exciting. I've seen so many flower shots, that it's hard to look at them, even when everything is technically good.

there's a weird string like object in the top of the flower, was that part of the plant?

Bubble
by sjhuls

Comment:
The only thing that I find strange or that I dislike about this, is the models hand position. I'm not sure if she's going to pop the bubble, or trying to get someones attention to the bubble, or ...

lighting is nice, i really like that background, and the textures there.