Beyond Space and Time.
by ikopanas

Comment by scooter97:
Pretty bottle.

Beyond Space and Time.
by ikopanas

Comment by pffree:
Some glass ornament, e.g. a fruit bowl? probably an interesting subject, but the colours are a little too harst for me.

Beyond Space and Time.
by ikopanas

Comment by BeckyT:
Looks like some fancy bottle with a sea anenome on top. Love the colors.

Beyond Space and Time.
by ikopanas

Comment by one2one:
Some sort of glass container. It tilts to the left and that i'm sure has cost you points.

Beyond Space and Time.
by ikopanas

Comment by mindbottling:
That looks like a sea urchin shell on the top. If it's not, I'm a total dork.

Beyond Space and Time.
by ikopanas

Comment by Daybis:
This looks like a old glass pot lid with a pin cushion on top of the handle.

The subject its self really doesn't do a whole lot for me. Colors are ok. The photo its self looks a bit out of focus.

Beyond Space and Time.
by ikopanas

Comment by seasaw:
Interesting colors and shapes - looks like a jeweled bag sitting on top of a glass lid...

Fruits of the Forest
by ikopanas

Comment by posthumous:
Hot Pixel Discussion Club

This is an "abstract" or "purely visual" image. Okay, not really. We know it's berries and leaves. I personally believe that pure abstraction is impossible. The mind pulls meaning from what it sees. We can't stop it. But some images are more abstract than others. This one is very abstract. The subject matter is easily forgotten, and instead the eye cruises around the red shapes and gets lost in the intricate patterns. This complexity contrasts nicely with a simple pallette of reds, blues and greens.

It's what I call a "good composition." What I mean by "composition" is a sort of music or expression that the picture has, that exists outside of its subject matter. It's sometimes called "movement," i.e., people talk about how their eye moves around the picture, or is "drawn" to certain areas. Your composition is good, but not great. It's still the best composition from the three options I was shown today. It is dynamic and has energy. To be great, though, it needs more "richness," by which I mean a sort of complexity that is not chaotic, but which instead seems to offer more options, more reasons to return to the picture and view it again. This is the sort of complexity you need when the subject matter contributes nothing to the picture. Another way for greatness is to have the subject matter interact with the composition. This is, after all, what makes art art: the interaction of form and content.

Boots win for content. You win for composition.

Beyond Space and Time.
by ikopanas

Comment by robinssong:
Perfume bottle? Nice lighting.

Beyond Space and Time.
by ikopanas

Comment by fmalan:
An urchin shell on a glass jar.