Red Sky at Night Sailors' Delight
by pixeldust

Comment by ikopanas:
Me.... I liked it!! Dont care for out of focus and P) blurry. Well done man. Its like my dreams!!!

Money to Burn?
by pixeldust

Comment by Madukes:
Great job with this set up and the photo turned out so clearly.

Wings of Light
by pixeldust

Comment by lauraodom:
I was just browsing through your profile and happened upon this shot. I love it. You should have submitted it ~ I think it would be one of your highest rated images.

Sticky - Ouch! Crown of Thorns
by pixeldust

Comment by ericwoo:
Hey there from the Critique Club

Camera Work/Technical: Very nice white balance choice, yielding great colors and strong tones. The bottom flower looks a little out of focus to me.

Lighting: The bottom flower is also just a bit overexposed. There are also some distraction hot spots on most of the thorns. Shooting at a different time of day might have helped this a bit.

Composition/Content: I like the flow you created with the angle of the vine. It serves well to pull the viewer's eye up and into the image. I think that the content is a bit lacking. While I fully understand your interpretation, it was apparently not what the voters were looking for.

My Opinion: I think that the voters had more of a messy liquid theme in mind. Even still, with a little sharper focus and a little less exposure, I think this capture would have finished much higher.

Eric

Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut...
by pixeldust

Comment by Ann:
Why are the nuts sitting on top of Yao Ming? I don't get it. The newspaper doesn't seem to add anything to the composition.

Sticky - Ouch! Crown of Thorns
by pixeldust

Comment by JuliBoc:
The thorns look to be in sharp focus, but I am bothered by the soft focus on the flowers.

Sticky - Ouch! Crown of Thorns
by pixeldust

Comment by dsterner:
At first I didn't get it...then Googled it. Like the Poinsettia, "it exudes a sticky white sap from any cut surface"...But were's the cut surface? Nevermind, I wouldn't do that to my plant either. So, I put 2 and 2 together and appreciated your interpretation!

Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut...
by pixeldust

Comment by skylercall:
Why the newspaper? What point are you trying to convey?

Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut...
by pixeldust

Comment by RulerZigzag:
nah man...nah...bad focus and I hope you learn from this.

Sometimes You Feel Like a Nut...
by pixeldust

Comment by jmrsprite:
I wish the photo wasnt in the background, although it goes with the title. IT definitely takes my attention away from the nuts, which is supposed to be the main focus, being brown.