scales of silver?
by kenbo

Comment:
Very unusual. One can only speculate the true nature of this shot. I feel however that due to the abstract nature of this shot it need to fill more of the frame to keep it interesting. If the scales had spread more into the black area around this shot. I think I would have liked it a bit more.

Snail on Track
by BigMo

Comment:
I don't like the blue. But hey if thats the worst i can come up with you did a great job. Everything else looks perfect. But feel the blue is to stron and pulls away from the great testure on the snail.

Natures Touch
by Mordac2

Comment:
Just a pinch more light and I think it would have been perfect. Great job!

Fern Frond
by flip89

Comment:
It looks plastic, and there is somthing that looks like a hair next to the fith frond. The image does however have Great focus, a good DOF, a strong symetry and nice color. Nicely done.

sky knot
by bamihoo

Comment:
I see the ropes in the shot. But I fail to see the texture you are trying to show us. It's a good shot, but I feel it fails to convey the texture.

Dad & Daughters
by roadrunner

Comment:
Way to go roadrunner. I knew you would get one of those little ribbons soon. Your work has always been top knotch. This one is obviously no exeption.

Winged Beauty
by amcfoto

Comment:
Greetings From The Critique Club!!!!

Initial Impact: WOW!! what a lot of colors!!

Meeting The Challenge: This fits the challenge Perfectly. Both the flowers and the butterfly are beautyfull and enen literal symbols of beauty.

Composition: The angle and the general composition are nice. But as a couple of the other comenter stated cropping out the end of the wings and tail were probably a bad move. I feel that with so much of the subjectin the photo it just looks incomplet with the missing parts.

Color: WOW!! now thats color!! Such bright reds, with hints of blues, yellows and greens. More than enough color to keep even the color hungy monsters like me happy. I expecialy like the way the red stripe on the wing follows and creates a continuous line with the red on the flower. Very nice.

Focus: Once again very well done. Nice crisp focus, a nice use of the shallow DOF. The image is crisp and the subject stands out well.

Lighting: This I feel is was hurt this great shot the most. The lighting on this one was way to harsh. This couses everything to look hard and overshrpened. The lighting also caused tou to loose some of the delecate details in the petals. With a softer light I imagine you would have had lots of wonderfull texture reals adding to the dpth of the photo.

Overall; This is a good image. Put the missing body parts back in addd a bit of soft warm light to richen the colors and you probably would have seen the little suckers score up in the 6's easily. Nice job keep on shooting. I look foward to seeing what you have to share with us next.

Tristalisk

Mystical Beauty
by muggle_girl

Comment:
I always hate to see the new people get hammered with low scores like this. It often causes them to quit trying. My first one did about as good. Give it some time and you will be right up there soon competing with the big boys. (myself still not being one of them : ). Just keep trying and I hope you have better luck next time.

Viewpoints
by Imagineer

Comment:
Absolutely perfect. Wonderful colors, great frame, but not just interesting this is an outright spectacular photo. A perfect 10!! Keep up the wonderful work!!!

Mystical Beauty
by muggle_girl

Comment:
Literal representation of art?