Bare
by Retroesque

Comment:
Would have loved to see a little more highlights/contrast to make this pop out

El Mariachi
by Concept

Comment:
Would have loved to see this bigger!

Transient
by messerschmitt

Comment:
Hi from the Critique Club!

Very pleasant image you have here!

I love the tones and exposure. The repeating patterns go really great together in this image.

The composition is great!

I really like this image.

But I think for some of the voters, the "what the heck is this" factor may have played a role in the below/average voting. Also, the shadow is pretty strong in the frame so some voters may have seen that as "the subject" and stabbed a DNMC right on the pic.

That's just my two cents! Happy shooting in the future.

:)

Agave Mauve
by sherpet

Comment:
WOW! This is an awesome picture Sherpet!! This is seriously on up there with Georgia O'Keefe's work. (Taking in conseideration the different methods and media)

HOOPS
by Breeee123

Comment:
Wow! A truely awesome shot!!

P.S. 안녕하세요!

Paradise
by kosmikkreeper

Comment:
BY GEORGE! That's a great shot!

Sunny Morning
by Kathe

Comment:
Hi from the Critique Club!

Lighting:

The natural lighting seems to fill the place nicley, the exposure caught this light well. I don't see any overexposures that are sometimes common with natural lighting. This image does need some contrast in my opinion, but I am not sure that would help too much with the blandness of the grass. Which leads me on to...

Composition:

The grass seems to be over-bearing for this picture. It fills up most of the frame wildly, with no particular notion to a study. The image seems flat to me with the flat on angle.

Focus: Your image foreground seems to be in focus with a DOF to the bg.

Keep in mind this is just my two cents and I def want to keep encouraging you to take lots and lots of pictures.

Good luck in the future!

:)

Pecking order
by chrysophylax

Comment:
Awesome! This photo is very very nice. 9

"Summer Rental" (1985 w/John Candy)
by Melethia

Comment:
Beautiful image, exposure and focus are crazy good! 10

Mystery potion
by sessa

Comment:
Hi from the Critique Club!

Technically speaking you have done a fine job with this photo. Nice DOF especially and the exposure is real clean. I don't see anything too over or too over exposed. I bet your histogram is happy (hehe camera jokes) I do notice a little loss of quality/clarity on the table portion that is in focus. Not sure what caused it, maybe the camera, maybe not, not something I would expect at ISO 100 in the daytime.

The object placement is nice and interesting enough for me to enjoy the photgraph, but for "Magic and Mystery" one would expect something a little darker and a little more mysterious to bump the votes a bit. Maybe some swirling dye in the bottles but I understand something like that may be out of the question if you don't want to wreck the capping on your bottles.

But like I said, I like this photo and I think you are on the right track, but it my not have been Magical or Mysterious enough for the voters.

Good job overall!

:)