Sara's Sweetness
by Silent Sister

Comment by TooCool:
Focus is soft.

Sara's Sweetness
by Silent Sister

Comment by sherryk471:
This is so pretty.Nice soft focus and the color is awsome

One-Bite Bandit
by Silent Sister

Comment by Faye Pekas:
I like this photo but the border IS pretty bad :) I didn't get a chance to vote on it but I would have scored it an 8.. because the border is removable lol. The DoF is great and I love the colors.

One-Bite Bandit
by Silent Sister

Comment by steben:
Good use of depth of field. The background also is very pleasing against the color of the apples.

Tools Of The Trade
by Silent Sister

Comment by Silent Sister:
Thanks to everyone who commented on this picture and gave good insight to thoughts and helpful information. All are appreciated.

Beads and More Beads
by Silent Sister

Comment by wetland:
Probably intentional but I think it would have been better without the washout lighting.

Beads and More Beads
by Silent Sister

Comment by FranziskaLang:
Definitely repetition here. I like the format and the fact that you almost paired the different beads up. I think the two areas that let you down are the frame (althugh others might say the opposite, it's very much personal taste) and the lighting. You are obviously trying for high-key and an even background ... depending on your camera, try using the EV balance, you'll be amazed just how much you have to overexpose compared to your camera's default metering, plus it'll look better because the edges of objects will be better defined. As usual, this is of course just my personal opinion :)

One-Bite Bandit
by Silent Sister

Comment by IrishLass:
Those colors are nice

Beads and More Beads
by Silent Sister

Comment by muckpond:
the lighting on this is way too harsh. it washes out the edges of the beads....

Beads and More Beads
by Silent Sister

Comment by karmat:
The lighting is interesting, though it sets up a bit more contrast than I personally like or think is effective. The biggest "gripe" (mind you it is only my opinion) is that the picture seems off kilter to me. Maybe it needs to be rotated a touch clockwise to even it, or ccw to make it obviously off line.