Texture of a rose
by gisli

Comment:
Nice!

The dying leaf...
by jprelucio

Comment:
The background is a bit too busy for me.

Hot Pixel Blues
by hblake

Comment:

Originally posted by Aphroditebaby: how do you black everything out around your subject in both the burner and the globe picture?

In both cases, it was nighttime. For the burner, I took the picture outside. For the globe picture I turned out the lights. I may have used a black cloth as a background (I think I did) but it's been some time since I took that picture, and I'm not sure about that, but I'm pretty sure I did.

I went to a store with cloth (yardage store?) and found some black material. I tried to get the flattest, blackest material they had.

Generally, I use the black material to mask anything distracting in the background.

That's about it.

Entrenched
by neophyte

Comment:
This is good, but I thiink it would have been better with more light cast on the grill/front.

Some of the first to go....
by Truegsht

Comment:
A bit too contrasty for me.

4 feet
by amonteforte

Comment:
The color is too warm for me, otherwise I like it.

Paper Paper Paper Paper
by Gracious

Comment:
So is this the NBC peacock? :-)
Look at the edge effect on the yellow--that's quite an artifact. It makes it look more blurred than it actually is. In any case, I think it could have used a wee bit more DOF.

Time 4 Tea and Desserts
by jitams

Comment:
I don't like the subdued hues. I feel this should be much brighter. Everything else I like, though.

Fleur Azure
by BigSmiles

Comment:
I don't care for the composition. Maybe the flower should have been in the lower third of the picture.

Venus in Misty Blue Dawn
by cykhansen

Comment:
Don't forget Mars and Spica!