Hi Susie, Shape, really like the splash pic you have done really well without a separate flash
number, works for me as a theme, both are nice pics but the second one for me just edges it, excellent
I'm not familiar with these plants susie. Do the insects get stuck to the sticky droplets?
Whatever, you've caught some cracking images.
Hi Susie
Your Daisy for Fresh....I like the 1st one for the detail but not sure about the clipped petals......I like the 2nd one for the addition of the clouds & water.......
Shape.....water droplets are addictive & frustrating in equal measure.......my choice would be the shot with the marbling ink...it's different , you've caught the droplet well
The fly eating plant shots........superb....keep looking at them & the detail is great.....love them & no crit to offer
Shape #2 for me. Really looks like it's exploding.
Numbers...great idea #1 for me, the bright cheerful BG contrasts well with the soon to be eaten fly.
Cheers.
Hi Susie - Numbers - both are good great detail
Craig
Hi Susie
Looking at the last 2 week's shots it seems to me that you are really getting something out of the Challenge by extending your horizons to shots that you may not have taken ordinarily
Water drop shots are not my favourite subject but you have done really well with these - all of them illustrate the genre well - that one with the milk and ink is quite original idea. Foe me #2 because of the explosive impact that it gives
Number - on theme and some good detail and nice colour - #2 just edges it as a bit more detail and smashing green g/g
Strong - good subject, certainly on theme. I really like the lighting, very northern European style of art still life colours which impress me.
For me #1 is best as the curve adds to the comp and the lighting of the b/g graduates from left to right and there is a translucency to the lhs of the feather - maybe just a very small additional touch of light at the rhs but overall super shot
Hi Susie, nice idea though a touch more light would be nice, they are just lacking a little detail don't really have a preference for which one
I like the curve in 1 but the fluffy end section in 2
Nice, creative intepreation there.
The tones work well and the light does too...but I'd like a little more light on the RHS and perhaps a little wider DOF.
Cheers.
Numbers - I love macro shots and these are no exception. It fits the theme, sort of but great shots and I love the bokeh too. I should have got a raynox instead of extension tubes...
Strong - I'm interested in the colour you've achieved here and how - they're very clear, they look dim but not at the same time. Nice textures in the feathers.
Strong - I like the idea behind this shot nice take for the theme, looks a little dark to me.
Hi Susie
I also prefer the 1st shot for the curve in the feather , darkness has been mentioned.....possibly use a reflector or tin foil to bounce the light from the lhs back on to the rhs ?
Hi Susie, great idea that works well for the theme. I think 2nd image for me, good detail through the length of the feather, although the composition with the curve in the 1st adds to the image Lighting's good in both and it suits the processing
lovely pair of images.
very nice images and love the lighting
HI Susie Strong a good take on the theme I quite like the darkness and the curve
Craig
Hi Susie,
strong ...I like no 1 best lovely shot
Texture... no 1 again, Lichen makes such lovely patterns
Hi Susie, I like number 2 more because of the shallow dof. (I am a stickler for them!). Great texture.
Great shots Susie. I like the contrasting colours in the first one, but I think I prefer #2 because the angle gives it a kind of landscape quality, almost like looking at a miniature forest.
Textures, yeah, on theme and lovely detail and muted greens. I feel it needs something to focus on, IYSWIM.
Cheers.
Hi Susie, I have done a few pics of lichen it is fascinating stuff, of the two the first one works for me the colour is excellent
Susie - Strong, no 1 is a cracking shot and I love the monotone effect.
Texture no 2 is my preference just because of the limited dof. Both good shots though.
Hi Susie, your 2nd Lichen shot for me, the close up detail, colours and shallow dof all work well