Grape Hyacinth
by Tony275

Comment by elhessar:
Nice colors. You should improve the DOF I think.

Grape Hyacinth
by Tony275

Comment by lfordhere:
There is a bit of a color cast in this photo, which is usually the case when a lot of red abounds the frame. Scott Kelby has a section in his book, "The Photoshop Book for Digitral Photographers", that addresses this very issue using "threshold" and curves; setting the black, white and grey points. I would have liked the photo more without the color cast, and with a touch more contrast to bring out the color of purple; the red is too dominating. 3

Grape Hyacinth
by Tony275

Comment by macrothing:
7 - Up from 6. Like this, but guessing it's tweaked in pp, which for the Challenge, is 'fine' in my opinion... just like to have seen the natural color of the little hyacinth - apologies in advance if you've not adjusted the color. A variation in composition may have also given this a little extra, not sure, as does work well as is. Nice macro, but 'if only' a little more detail in the flowers, but difficult.

Grape Hyacinth
by Tony275

Comment by shanky_pec:
good shot

Grape Hyacinth
by Tony275

Comment by Kathy:
Purple / Orange ? Would liked to have seen more clarity on all of the bloom. Good shot, though. 7

Grape Hyacinth
by Tony275

Comment by hotpasta:
wow, that's sharp...colours are good, not sure I like the composition with the stem smack bang in the centre

Bulb Reflection
by Tony275

Comment by Mark:
Greetings form the Critique Club :)

This is really interesting. I really like the way that the reflected room is distorted. It was important in this photo to try to keep both the bulb and the room in focus, and the f8 aperture that you used seems to have been the correct approach.

The black background was also very smart, as it caused the reflection in the bulb to be a defined as possible.

Now for my only complaint: The room that is reflected. While it works, this shot would have been much stronger reflecting a different room, such as a lighter room to better contrast the black background, or a long hallway to really accentuate the distortion.

I see the photographer's head in the photo as well. You could have tried setting the camera on a tripod, and setting the timer, and then get out of the frame before the shot is taken. The tripod and camera would probably be obscured by the insides of the bulb enough to be harder to notice.

Overall, a very neat idea with relatively good execution. nice job.

Bulb Reflection
by Tony275

Comment by liah:
nice perspective and cool idea nice lighting

Bulb Reflection
by Tony275

Comment by amyjosmith:
Unique perspective, very creative (and your space even looks tidy)

Bulb Reflection
by Tony275

Comment by KiwiShotz:
Perspective?