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bulletheadComment by mffnqueen: Greetings from the Critique Club!
First of all, what a cool photo! I always always without a doubt love photos of translucent objects placed on a light source, especially with such cool colors, as in this photo.
Let's start with composition. Several commenters suggested that you either crop tighter or crop less, which I fully agree with. The fact that this shot is cropped so close at the bottom but so loose at top really throws it off balance and creates an uneasy feeling that just doesn't work well in this particular shot. Outside of the context of this challenge, I would probably have cropped in a lot tighter on the left rock, which would have made for a really interesting macro shot.
Color is great in this shot. I'm glad that you stuck with a color scheme of yellows and browns instead of throwing in a pink or purple rock in addition.
Lighting is okay, but I don't think you used it as much to your advantage as you could have. The coolest thing about these rocks is that they're not opaque, which is why they work so well on the slide viewer. Why not layer the rocks on top of each other, allowing multiple levels of opacity within the photo? Also, there seems to be some darkening going on in the bottom left corner which is really distracting. There also seems to be a loss of sharpness around that edge, and I'm not sure if that's a result of your lens or the aperture. Either way, it should be fixed or cropped out.
That brings me to my last point. Two items does not a collection make. On its own, the photo has a ton of potential, but in this challenge it just doesn't fit.
I hope these comments have been helpful. Good luck!
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