Kiss for Houdini
by joyinlight

Comment by Evaan:
The bird is GORGEOUS, but the green skintones on the hand and face is not appealing and is a distraction. That said, the detail and color on the bird is stunning.

Heavenly Construct
by joyinlight

Comment by shenri:
What? Higher than the clouds! Cool.

Heavenly Construct
by joyinlight

Comment by Minstrel:
i hear the angels! wow. Great shot! i love the clouds billowing below the machine. I am rather jealous of this photo. good job.

Heavenly Construct
by joyinlight

Comment by briphoto:
Interesting juxtaposition, you need some construction stiff with angels wings on in that basket!

Heavenly Construct
by joyinlight

Comment by gotrond:
Nice Shot.

Heavenly Construct
by joyinlight

Comment by rjpat:
Nice capture, very creative, to bad mother nature didn't help with more fluffy white clouds.

Heavenly Construct
by joyinlight

Comment by arpitmittal:
nice shot, very clear and crisp

Orange Crystal Light
by joyinlight

Comment by HBunch:
*Critique Club*

I have never been a huge fan of abstract looking photos. Granted, there have been a couple that have drawn my interest, but for the most part, they just aren't my thing. I like detail. Lots of detail.
The first thing I notice about your shot is the soft focus throughout. Was this handheld in the low light? Since you offer very little comments on this, It's hard to say how you could have improved it, but I will say that if it was handheld, one way to improve it would be to use a tripod or set the camera on something and use the timer if available. This would reduce ANY camera shake and help to give you some more crisp lines in the crystal.
Next, is the color. Due to the low light, I think that the orange color is not as strong as it could be. It appears a bit dark and lacking 'pop'. I tried a simple 'auto enhance' on this and it did help to bring out the colors a lot. I think that if you played with saturation a bit, that might even help to enhance the color even more.
I think that you chose good placement and crop for the object. I think that it works better with the 'center' to the bottom left of the photo. If it had been in the dead center of the photo, it would not have been appealing at all, and we wouldn't be able to see as much of the crystal as we can now.
Overall, I think the image is interesting, but doesn't draw me in and keep me there. That's just my own personal opinion though, many people love abstracts.
~Heather~

Puppy Love
by joyinlight

Comment by mksnowhite:
you really captured their emotion here.

hmm- the worm or the bread
by joyinlight

Comment by chesire:
Base: 5
Technical: 1
Subjective: 1
Challenge:

Total: 7
Nice photo. I hope he had fun.