Lacy in the Sky
by shair

Comment by posthumous:
those are definitely silhouettes. remember, this is a popular vote, and most of the voters know very little about photographic concepts.

Lacy in the Sky
by shair

Comment by shair:
I guess we were using some other definition of what a silhouette is besides the classic one I knew about. Having a focal point which is backlit and as a result appears entirely black and featureless doesn't seem to be what we were working with in this "challenge." I have no idea how someone would say it isn't a silhouette.

Maybe you can give me your ideas on what a silhouette means, or perhaps someone could leave any single comment which is useful and constructive at all instead of just voting ones and twos and threes (or even sevens, eights, or tens) and having nothing at all to say.

Is this image so terrible that there is nothing that could improve it?

Do you like or not like the focal distance, color, balance, focal point, lighting, bokeh, cropping, textures, angles, negative shapes, etc.?

If you hate it, I can see that is a valid opinion, but the whole point of this site is supposed to be for challenging one another and getting feedback.

Lacy in the Sky
by shair

Comment by PennyStreet:
Gorgeous colors - love this, particularly for the challenge!

Lacy in the Sky
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Comment by posthumous:
beautiful color and light!!

Lacy in the Sky
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Comment by BubBroad:
Love the light coming through

Lacy in the Sky
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Comment by EOSail:
The colors are beautiful, and the golden border around the strong silhouette at the focal point works well.

Lacy in the Sky
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Comment by npasel:
Nice...well done.

Lacy in the Sky
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Comment by tanguera:
Very "vintage" mood here, and lovely colors, but mostly not a silhouette

Lacy in the Sky
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Comment by LanndonKane:
wouldn't consider this a silhouette, there's too much detail in the flowers

I'll Take Mine Wet
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Comment by CNovack:
Voted earlier coming back to comment.

A few years ago I tried to get a good shot with a strawberry in milk. It was not easy (after 50 drops with not one perfect shot I gave up). Getting the splash and the main subject in sharp detail focus is a really big challenge. Kudos to you for trying. The capture is not quite there as there are details on the strawberry that are lost and the splash is not as well defined as it could be. Perhaps a really fast shutter speed will get better results - then there is the issue with focus. Sometimes you get lucky. I wonder if one can focus on say, a straw placed in where one thinks the strawberry will land and fix the focus on that. Remove the straw, drop strawberry and hope for the best. I also want to add that what I do find appealing about the image is it's colors. The vibrant red of the strawberry and the bright yellow of the backdrop that makes me think of summer; a good color complement to the imagery that speaks of 'thirst quenching'.