oil garden
by anitra

Comment by Jonniboy:
Needs more light in the bottle - looks like it needs about 1.5 stops more (but then the background would burn out). Maybe a closer crop and more exposure.

oil garden
by anitra

Comment by FranziskaLang:
your photo is very pixelated. i'm not sure whether that was an intent and you saved your file that small for that purpose, or not. if not, there are some tutorials on this site that help you save the files so that your photos aren't so pixelated. you've met the challenge for sure (color and distortion), but the photo unfortunately doesn't hold my interest for very long. i'm also not quite sure what you should've done about it. was there maybe a way of placing the oil in the kitchen (while still having light falling through it, could be artificial light) to tie it in with the background a little more? i guess oil and garden don't connect for me. -- gr8photos (3)

oil garden
by anitra

Comment by Maverick:
The sky seems overblown while the subject is dark. I would suggest using a fill flash, but then you'd get reflections on the glass. Also, the size of this is way below 150 kb, and the compression artifacts get in the way. This may have looked better with a slow shutter (if your camera permits this control) at night to eliminate the overexposure.

oil garden
by anitra

Comment by Dez:
Rather out-of-focus