The secret ingredient is Resentment
by mattforbes

Comment by EBJones:
I think that centering the subject in the archway and eliminating the refrigerator from the shot might have helped this composition a lot.

The secret ingredient is Resentment
by mattforbes

Comment by photokariangel:
hmmm, not sure about the title, but the image is striking.

Swimming Pool
by mattforbes

Comment by sekarmalathy:
I like this a lot. Great shot interms of composition, concept and contrast.

Swimming Pool
by mattforbes

Comment by zeuszen:
Energy/Range/Story: 7/7/6
Composition/perspective/manner: 8/7/8
Aesthetics/Technical:10/7
Presentation: 6
Total: 7.3
Vote: 7

Remarks: Not an obvious abstract but an immaculately composed (seen) one with all the visual attributes of the genre. The exaggerated contrast distributes good emphasis, tension and balance between both the static graphic and the quietly natural elements of the image. The result is an exciting photograph whose energy has been so efficiently employed as to render any evidence of subjects beyond its margins as a delightful quirk or, if you like, as a deliberate intimation of unbroken perfection somewhere outside our field of vision.

Swimming Pool
by mattforbes

Comment by Lydia:
Oh! I like this! The feet just make it all understood after studying the top down.

Swimming Pool
by mattforbes

Comment by Purple_Girl:
Strange effects, looks nice.

Gerbera
by mattforbes

Comment by Sachlichkeit:
This would benefit from a pass through a USM adjustment--the flower and some of the foreground leaves aren't very sharp

Utility
by mattforbes

Comment by vxpra:
Lensbaby?? I like the "scale model" look of the image.

Utility
by mattforbes

Comment by bvy:
More DOF would have helped, I think.

Utility
by mattforbes

Comment by 1m1A:
A little confusing compositionally, took me awhile to figure out what line you were wanting me to look at.