Broken Promises
by ozaibak

Comment by justine:
Already? LOL Good intentions anyway. Love the tone and the focus is really nice. Beans are just a little bit dark, but hey they are coffee beans. :) Nice going. 8 from me.

Broken Promises
by ozaibak

Comment by joanbitmaniac:
I like desaturated photos like this

Time Warp
by ozaibak

Comment by KarenB:
Critique Club Assignment:

This really gives the impression of a time warp/travel.

The exposure is good, and the quality is good. It has limited appeal/usefulness imho. Was a good idea for the challenge.

I am wondering as I type how it may have improved the image to show the 12:26, then in the background more ghosted 12:19 or something, then even less visible 11:59.. The point is.. in a time warp, or in space, when you look to the stars you are looking back in time, ... just musing. (shrug).

Anyway, I liked your image overall.

Time Warp
by ozaibak

Comment by KarenB:
very well executed. nice idea.

Time Warp
by ozaibak

Comment by sherryk471:
Interesting but lacking

Time Warp
by ozaibak

Comment by pncowley:
Really wild effect...

Time Warp
by ozaibak

Comment by 'Pong:
Nice effect

Time Warp
by ozaibak

Comment by Becky:
I like the light in this photo.

Candle Lights
by ozaibak

Comment by inspzil:
Greetings from the Critique Club
By Inspzil

Composition - I like the way the candles are arranged. They have pretty good color and the negative space works well. I think the candles shouldn't have been burned so much before the picture was shot. It makes them nonuniform in shape and the areas around the wicks are also of differing sizes. The flames are also not all pointing in the same direction. Not a bad composition for a photo. Not anything extraordinary either.

Technical - Focus, focus, focus. Intentional or not, the focus being this soft really killed your score. It is never taken very well, as artistic as it might be. And I think this photo has a really nice exposure and framing. A little tiny bit soft might've been okay, but this is a lot soft. I have a feeling this was a handheld shot where it should've been on a tripod for stability. If it was on a tripod, then I have to think something was bumped or something. In any case, the lack of clarity has really hurt what could've been a pretty good picture.

Overall - Focus. You have it, you do much better. You don't have it, things kind of slide. I'd set this one up again with some newer candles and try it again off a tripod. Might have to wait for the little breezes to stop so all the flames are perfectly upright or have a light even breeze blow them all to one side. Hope this helps a little. Good luck in future challenges - Inspzil

Time Warp
by ozaibak

Comment by NeonSpirit:
Not sure how it was done, but impressive image