Water Bottles
by Shelley

Comment by blindjustice:
I like this one. Cool shapes and I love the abstract nature of the shot.

Water Bottles
by Shelley

Comment by nborton:
nice abstract

Wave
by Shelley

Comment by e301:
from the Critique Club

The strongest point to make here is to echo the comment of timmi below: this is such a small image, in terms of file size: only 34K of the allowed 150K. And I'm sure this has hurt your scoring here - and given that you finished 8th with it ... I can only, of course, suggest spending some time on the computer, because it's a great shame to let down a great image with a poor reproduction of it.

Reducing the image to pure shape and colour is well achieved - the technical side of the actual photography is faultless. I do wonder though if some people found it to be more about colour than about shape. Not sure how one would separate the two in any meaningful way, but I think you may have been here long enough to know that some can be pretty pernickety in their interpretations of challenges.

For mtself (and I should say that I'm not a fan of this 'kind of thing' particularly), I find it too abstract - if you like, it's pure unfamiliarity. If, for instance, it were a recognisable object with that play of light on it, that combination of the familiar and unfamiliar would be the more striking. But that's just an opinion, of course.

Ed

Water Bottles
by Shelley

Comment by Dave Gordon:
Black and white was a good choice for this shot. You really captured the feel of these bottles of water.

Water Bottles
by Shelley

Comment by deadd0g:
Great perspective!

Simply a Vase
by Shelley

Comment by Neil:
Excellent shot and use of symmetry. I like the dark tones and richness it gives the colors. The centered composition seems ok here, but as long as you have that, you might have just gone for broke and make the vases fill the frame vertically as well, giving complete symmetry of the composition as well.

Simply a Vase
by Shelley

Comment by bcvieira:
Nice lightning. Looks surreal. Vote 8

Simply a Vase
by Shelley

Comment by ScottK:
The kind of thing I was looking for in Simplicity. I'd like seeing this in a larger format. The lighting's just a bit dark for me, but the colors are very rich. Composition's nice and the border is simple and works well.

Simply a Vase
by Shelley

Comment by lmatranga:
It seems a little dark.

Water Bottles
by Shelley

Comment by faidoi:
The ribs of the water bottles really have a nice pattern. The air pocket give the composition an interesting point to focus on.