Mum's the Word
by mkalandros

Comment:
Better lighting could have really made this image "pop" off the screen. As the picture stands the lighting gives it a dull flat look especially to the purples which I envision as really being a deep rich purple hue. Not to mention some of the sheen on the purple petals causes them to appear "plastic".

Complementary Hang Out.
by Penny Lane

Comment:
The colors are bold and vibrant and the idea is good, but it could have been composed better. Since the title plays on the idea of "clothes hanging out to dry" it might have improved the image if you had used the orange clothes pin to hold this blue cloth on a clothesline (or at least just give it the appearance of such) that actually shows a bit of that clothesline in the shot. It would still be a close-up shot but it would show the sceen from a different angle in that the viewer is given the impression that they are standing at eye level and zeroing on just a small portion of viewing clothes hanged outside to dry.

Blue 45 Orange 14
by LN13

Comment:
I am rather confused at the title for when looking at the image itself I see the player numbers of 25 and 22 primarily that I don't think of the team scores. I think a tighter focus on those two numbered players would have made for a better capture. The oranges on the team uniform are definately vibrant and bold but the blue hues on the other teams is just too deep and dark to be really noticeable in this light other than what we see in the highlighted sheen coming off the pants and shirt sporadically.

Low Tide
by MichaelC

Comment:
A tighter focus on the boats with less "empty space" of the sandy beach surrounding them would have immediately called our attention to the colors within the boats. As the image stands now, the viewer notices the beach and two boats sitting there at first glance. Then after we look at it for short while we notice more of the details. A tighter composition that primarily just contains the two boats within the frame would capture our attention more readily.

Orange on Blue
by HighwayFlower

Comment:
You know I had thought about doing a pumpkin with a carved face and lit from within by a blue light on a black background:-) The orange of the pumpkin could be a richer hue if it was paired with a blue that is not a flat blue seen here in the sky (just a thought, perhaps if you had laid the pumpkin on a velvet cloth of royal blue it would have made for a richer hue on both colors). Also the hand holding the pumpkin detracts from the main focus which would have been just the pumpkin with the blue sky as a backdrop.

Natural Complements
by havy2008

Comment:
I like the water drops on the apples for it invokes the idea of natural juices and gets the taste buds watering to take a bite out of the apples pictured. Lighting on the apples is good and compliments them well with regards to illumination and play of shadows. The main thing that robs the strength of this image is the choice of background and floor plane. The beige white does not compliment the composition. Perhaps a deep black one would have because it would have made the green and red "pop" off the page. Or possibly a deep rich brown one could have added some 'warmth' to the scene.

[green]
by goc

Comment:
The composition could be improved if you cut down on the "empty space". There is too much white space that the strawberry is just swimming in it. You want to draw the eye directly to the main focus immediately so a closer zoom or crop showing the strawberry would have been better. Light sources from two sides top left diagonal and bottom right diagonal may have eliminated the deep shadow that detracts from the strawberry. Lastly, I would have chosen a better strawberry with a more vibrant green stem - the stem here is a flat dull green/brown that is a very unappealing compliment to the vibrant red of the strawberry.

Red Cannas Green Leaf
by eaglebeck

Comment:
Colors fit the criteria however the colors of red and green are bathed in the harsh light of the early afternoon sun. A very late afternoon or early evening shot would have bathed the subjects in a "warm" light and brought out some warm rich tones not to mention possibly eliminate that shadow cast by the flower onto the green leaf.

Red and Green Vase
by Kivet

Comment:
A solid deep black background and floor plane would have really made the colors pop off the page. As it is here the background and floor plane are a dull grey/black. A more complementary lighting set-up would have illuminated the colors better - I see a single light source shining from above that washes out some of the colors on the leaves causing too much glare and causing a deep shadow on the floor.

The Garden of Eden
by jkb1

Comment:
Composition could have been improved if there was more red injected into the picture. The pose is just fine, that I would definately keep. But with the green apple you really needed to play up the complementary color of red and that could have been done with a red dress/shirt, red lipstick, and nails painted a deep red color -thus it would invoke not only the imagery associated with the eating of the apple at Eden but also the apple that Snow White ate (only with an inverse in color since the apple was red - different but still good to be a little different in approach since the color green symbolizes spring/fertility/renewal).