Death repeats itself
by heida

Comment:
Did you try reversing this so it runs from the upper left ? Do you prefer it this way or that way ? Just a thought...

Natural Fractals
by tomlewis1980

Comment:
was the background deliberate ? Not sure it enhances the leaf at all. Also the out of focus leaf in the upper left seems accidentally included as well ?

Smoke on!
by Fibre Optix

Comment:
cool composition - just a slight touch too tight at the top though ?

Striking a Pose
by RiderGal

Comment:
Think I'd prefer this with the first woman as the in focus point, with the rest receeding out of focus

Mercy of the Season
by jimmythefish

Comment:
good DoF choice, colours are very drab though - maybe a touch under exposed /dark ?

Also, to pick nits, the rear out of focus red bloom is merging with the foreground stem , a slight change of location would help with that.

Where have all the children gone?
by tomlewis1980

Comment:
I think I'd like this more with the reds more muted and the saturation not punched up quite so much - its looking really unnatural.

Soul Harvest
by jmsetzler

Comment:
Not sure I like this one so much - the out of focus regions just seem blurry to my eye - maybe gives me a ghostly impression or being dead, but doesn't quite work for me. The foreground cross is a strong tonal contrast to everything else, but it would maybe look better with a less over exposed look that kept some more of the texture ? The jumbled composition just feels haphazard and accidental - particularly the occluded 'murray' headstone on the right - I can't tell how much of this was intentional to make it look cluttered vs. accidentally arranged.

Peace In The Valley
by jmsetzler

Comment:
Very well exposed and composed - not sure that I like the extremely shallow focus slice in this though, you've lost a bit of the front of the cross and the sliver of out of focus grass in the foreground is a touch jarring - maybe a stop or do wider to get the real subject all in focus while keeping the rest blurred would work better ?

The two white 'hot spots' (sky?) pull me away from the subject a bit too - try covering them with your hands - does it change how you view the picture ? I can see a 'pulling me upwards towards' heaven reason for them perhaps - but I find it better with those areas removed/ darkened - worth a play to see how it changes the picture.

Probably suffered from narrow views of 'garden' but seems right on topic to me...

Message edited by author 2003-08-28 10:21:36.

Vertical Posture
by Gringo

Comment:
I really enjoy how the shadow seems 'more real' than she does because of the angle. A well deserved ribbon

Coffee and light
by e301

Comment:
I think I prefer it with just the coffee and without the light