Orbital Design
by RianBotes

Comment:
This really is a lovely shot--one of my highest votes. The placement of the sun is just perfect... I have trouble imagining that there's a better time of day to shoot! But I'd happily be proven wrong :) Congrats on your blue!

Anachronism Uninterrupted
by Dr.Confuser

Comment:
I'm a bit late to notice your fantastic, ribbon-winning shot here, but hey, congratulations.

I knew you'd make the front page eventually :)

The fallen giant
by ELLIPS

Comment:
Really very cool how you made a subject out of the absence of something.

The Gansah Mishpucheh
by tanguera

Comment:
Congratulations on your consecutive ribbons! This shot is truly a wonder. I've never seen a dining room like that in my life! Is this your mom's dining room? (Or is that an inappropriate question for a public forum?)

A Balancing Act
by RobotBanjo

Comment:
Congrats on the ribbon! I didn't even think those were real people until I read your comments--it's such a surreal scene, and the posing is so impeccable as to seem, well, nearly impossible (especially for such a big family of presumable amateur models)!

Glad you decided to start submitting again :)

protected Nature
by Kevin_Flynn

Comment:
I like the contrast between the organic shapes and the geometric frame of the greenhouse(?). The yellow/green/blue/brown palette is quite pleasing as well. But everything seems just a bit fuzzy, and there's nowhere for my eye to rest. Did you have an intended focal point? The lack of one really detracts from this image for me, although this is clearly a rich location for shooting.

In Memoriam
by dahlin

Comment:
Cliche title, no clear focal point, flat lighting, excessive yellow cast... it looks like you put some definite effort into this photo, but the end result just kind of hurts my eyes. More than anything else, I wish there were some WHITE in this photo, and the bloom at the top takes up too much space but delivers little in terms of photographic interest.

The Forlorn Leaf
by HawkinsT

Comment:
Great tones, awesome abstraction. What if you made it a square crop and got rid of 25% or so of the left? I think that'd make this killer.

Chinese Lanterns
by caba

Comment:
Elegance in minimalism and simplicity. Well done. A bit of sharpening on the edges of the "lanterns" and a softening of the highlight on the bottom right of the vase would have boosted the impact a lot for me.

Pre Bloom
by clmadden

Comment:
Sunflower, right? -- I like the energy of all the curls and curves, but the white background and the cropping seem arbitrary to me. For me, black would have been a better background. There's something about the slightly-off-center focal point combined with the excessive white space on the right that makes me feel kind of uneasy when I look at this photo.