Time 4 Tea and Desserts
by jitams

Comment by albright1:
Oooooh looks SO good! I love the petal floating in each cup. This is so elegant and symmetrical. I love it!

Time 4 Tea and Desserts
by jitams

Comment by inspzil:
I wish the crop wasn't so tight. Would've been better to show the entire tray - Inspzil

Time 4 Tea and Desserts
by jitams

Comment by Turbotech:
This is Wonderful.

Time 4 Tea and Desserts
by jitams

Comment by Diana:
Beatuiful

Time 4 Tea and Desserts
by jitams

Comment by hblake:
I don't like the subdued hues. I feel this should be much brighter. Everything else I like, though.

Time 4 Tea and Desserts
by jitams

Comment by Ricky Cleave:
those chop sticks look like drumsticks.

Sudz Down the River
by jitams

Comment by LanSnake:
Greetings from the Critique Club -

Your photograph has a nice abstract quality -- very interesting to see moving water behind the stationary branches. I think this is a very creative capture of motion, and might be a good study to try this same photo in the different seasons of the year. You could even try using the same shutter speed (1 second) and see if you can see a difference in the amount of water moving past the camera, depending upon the season of the year (more water flow in the Spring?).

Is there a way to change the lighting in this photograph, to make the branches more distinct? Maybe the light in early morning, or just before sunset would allow you to make the branches stand out more?

LanSnake

Message edited by author 2002-12-16 21:16:21.

Sudz Down the River
by jitams

Comment by chrysalis:
Nice effect here.

Sudz Down the River
by jitams

Comment by blick:
what an interesting image. the colors all work so well together to create a feeling of downward motion.

Longing
by jitams

Comment by Natasha:
Critique by Natasha for the Critique Club

I am finding this one quite hard to critique, I gave it a 7 t the time of voting, but I was expecting it to do better than it did. I think that it deserved to be in the top ten. You have created a very artistic picture here, the composition IS the picture. I like the position that she is standing in and the use of the shadow was fantastic. As I said in my comment, I thought that the empty space at the top was a bit big and I think cropping off a third of this would be good. At the moment the amout of space seems to overpower her, if that's the effect you wanted, then it worked.
The contrast of the shadows is nearly too much, especially around the left side of the towl and a little dark on the upper hand. At the same time, the contrast at this level adds the impact off the picture. I think that if you tried this again, it would be interesting to see the shadows intersecting in the middle of her hands.
Overall, I think that this was a really strong and unique picture, it's very artistic composition. When I saw it during the voting, for some reason the towel bothered me but now that I have looked more carefully, its not an issue! It would actually make an excellent framed picture! I hope that this helps you!