Blue Autumn
by Richi

Comment by Alecia:
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this has the makings of an awesome photo! the colors are fabulous and the composition great. i love the starkness of the branches against the sky, and then the contrast of the dark shadows against the white branches! i also really like how the trunks fan out in opposite directions and the smaller branches spread out to meet them---gives the whole picture sort of an "organized chaos" sort of feel! :) i wonder if you had crouched down and shot more upwards if it would have looked even cooler? technically---this is where i am having a hard time. i feel like something is wrong but cant really place my finger on it? is it slightly out of focus? or is it oversharpened? i really cant tell because it just seems to make my eyes feel all jittery! other than that, however, it is a great photo! keep up the good work!

Blue Autumn
by Richi

Comment by timj351:
There's definitely plenty of blue in this photo but to be honest I find it somewhat ordinary. The tree branches provide some interest but it just needs something more to it. Technically it is fine and in nice focus.

Blue Autumn
by Richi

Comment by muckpond:
A nice, simple photo against a great-colored sky. There is a lot of jpeg artifacting around the edges of the branches, which makes them lose a little of their sharpness. If this could be sharper, this would be an excellent image. Probably very effective in b/w too, even though that's not the point of the challenge. muckpond

Small and still beautiful
by Richi

Comment by PTLParsons:
Small ain't the word for it. Great way to display just how small. Hope you haven't committed a crime. Your fingerprints are clear enough to convict you. But the flower is just a little soft. The only other thing I see is whatever is on the right side. I'd a cropped it out. Still you con't complain about an 8. PTL

Small and still beautiful
by Richi

Comment by Natasha:
Great deatil on the fingertips! Needs a bit more focus on the flower

Small and still beautiful
by Richi

Comment by ambaker:
To me it seems a dark and contrast possibly a bit low. The reddish object on the right side of the frame, competes for attention. I do like the sense of scale that the fingers give to the flower. 5

Small and still beautiful
by Richi

Comment by FranziskaLang:
challenge -- met. the fingers add a nice sense of scale to the shot. that flower really is tiny!
technical -- the focus seems to be on the fingers, rather than the flower. that's a hard one to get right in macro photography with the shallow DOF ...
composition -- i'm slightly distracted by the thing to the right of the fingers. what is it? it doesn't look like it belongs in the shot.
-- gr8photos.

Small and still beautiful
by Richi

Comment by joanns:
The flower is not in sharp focus and I would have liked to have seen the flower on a tabletop or background other than being held. That's probably why the flower isn't sharp. It sure is a little one!

Small and still beautiful
by Richi

Comment by Azrifel:
Focus.