Life
by atsxus

Comment:
Nice colors! So bold. But the center of the flower's not very focused. and it feels weird. I'd rather have the whole center in focus. Yeah, it's hard with macro shots, I know from experience.

Web
by MikeO

Comment:
Cool. But it feels pretty 'simple' compositionally, with the white on black scheme, and pretty simple lines.

The Pilots View
by TacoVendor

Comment:
Definitely meets the challenge! But it looks like it was taken with the camera's builtin flash. Ugh.Flat, nasty lighting and harsh shadows and no textures. Next time try not using the flash, or find a way to bounce the flash.

"Just Puzzling"
by tfarrell23

Comment:
The first thing I notice is that it's a little grainy, as if it's been resized badly, and also it's kind of poorly lit. With a bit more even lighting to fill in some of the shadowy areas it would be better.

Slot Canyon
by Artifacts

Comment:
Wow. That's all I can say. Such fabulous colors and textures. I'm thinking top 10 at least.

Bismuth Crystal
by postoakinversion

Comment:
Cool! Different! Interesting! Complex!
Good lighting highlights the complex texture.

Effervescence
by CODE

Comment:
Very well done! So sharp and such great color. At first it didn't seem to feel complex, but on second though, there are so many and so varied drops, especially tiny ones, that it really is a complex photograph. Cool.

Although I KNOW you'll get comments like 'the waterdrop effect is overdone' this is a well executed shot. My only complaint really is the right side is kind of blurry compared to the left side which is really sharp. 7.

Photoreception
by JPR

Comment:
Doesn't feel very photographic to me. Too much like a picture of a page in a textbook. I suppose that's what it is? I need some more artistic elements.

Touch The Sky
by bigfish

Comment:
While it *is* a bit grainy, the colors are great, and the arm draws the eye into the picture. I like it.

Touched by Nature
by biggood53

Comment:
Nice lines, good undistracting background.

Hmmmm, on second thought, is that background the GRADIENT thing mentioned in the forum thread that got all controversial about EddyG's smoke image? I think so...

While looked nice at first glance, it began to look unnatural after gazing at it for a minute, especially around the hand, because of the darkness of the edges of the hand in contrast to the light background.

Mostly just a weird transition, but also the lighting on the hand is flat, and the flowers are casting shadows characteristic of an ON-CAMERA FLASH. I wish people wouldn't use the builtin flashes for their challenge submissions. They just don't make the colors and textures good.

I will say that the background IS very well separated from the foreground. Clearly a careful job of separation there, so some points for that.