What's on your night stand?
by LuvLiveSmile

Comment by SaraR:
Looks more like a dull washed-out black to me! Rather uninspiring, I'm afraid. The focus is soft, and the hash lighting has produced heavy shadows against the background - pulling your subject forward would help avoid these.

What's on your night stand?
by LuvLiveSmile

Comment by beckydi:
The bra looks black to me.

What's on your night stand?
by LuvLiveSmile

Comment by spiritualspatula:
Not too sure about the background color... seems like the bra needs some more pop to the color.

What's on your night stand?
by LuvLiveSmile

Comment by smudgeSMJ:
Oof and looks black and yellow to me, not blue?

What's on your night stand?
by LuvLiveSmile

Comment by jdannels:
unfortunately with DPC's size requirements, thin crops do not work so well as you don't use alot of the space. Also if you have photoshop you should use the Save for Web feature, it will get you photo to the maximum allowable size 150 kb which will show the most details. Your image is only ~50 kb. Here is a DPC tutorial to help you.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it
by LuvLiveSmile

Comment by goinskiing:
It's a neat little setup, I like how the green candle lines up right to have the flame in the mirror. What's difficult here is the lightning. It looked like your camera picked a higher sensitivity or ISO due to less available light, that's where all the chroma and luminance noise come from giving it that more snapshotish look. Try have one strong, dominant light source, you'd be amazed at the difference it can make. Hope that helps!

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it
by LuvLiveSmile

Comment by smudgeSMJ:
I would like this better if the fabric were plainer. Very cool concept! :)

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it
by LuvLiveSmile

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
A nice concept, though I think the shot itself is coming off to me more like a high ISO snapshot. There is a fair amount of ISO grain hurting the smooth appearance of the candle holders. Perhaps a lower ISO and longer shutter speed could help with that, though I won't know your shot settings until after the challenge.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it
by LuvLiveSmile

Comment by liberty:
Neat idea and set up, good trickery with mirror, this is just lacking something I can't put my finger on, maybe its the wicker border, 6.

There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it
by LuvLiveSmile

Comment by pastortimmr:
NICE! Great juxtaposition, and really creative. The shape of the candles (especially the way the work in the mirror is great). I'd love to see a full reflection without the basket blocking the reflection of the bases of the candles. Other than that, great shot!