Creeping Towards the Sky
by BassInABand

Comment by pinback:
The picture is rather small and that combined with the bright background makes it hard to pick out the main subject. A tighter crop/shallower DOF might have helped here.

Creeping Towards the Sky
by BassInABand

Comment by ruthiek:
I like the idea for this photo a lot. I think the vine that's creeping up would show a bit better with a tighter crop.

Creeping Towards the Sky
by BassInABand

Comment by Malokata:
Your photograph suffers from lack of a focal point and generally being small. I think this would've been an intriguing macro had more of the sky/background foliage been cropped out and had you used the full available dimensions.

Probably what you're suffering from most, though, is a popular "What IS that?" Without a focal point, my eye wanders around this picture without finding anything to settle on. Check the tutorial on the rule of thirds- once you get a feel for that, the pictures start to pop.

Creeping Towards the Sky
by BassInABand

Comment by jmsetzler:
I believe that having this photo a little larger would make it stronger... is that poison ivy? :) - setzler

Creeping Towards the Sky
by BassInABand

Comment by e301:
Really nice idea - pity about the size of this image. Is this a macro? It has that incredible depth of field feeling - but I'm not sure it's really helpful here - a touch more definition in the canopy of the trees would be nice.

Creeping Towards the Sky
by BassInABand

Comment by kiwiness:
Interesting perspective! The main subject is fully in focus and placed in the lower right corner following the rule of thirds, good.

Creeping Towards the Sky
by BassInABand

Comment by SteveS:
A little confusing

candy maker
by BassInABand

Comment by falvey:
Poor focus and composition. No candy.

candy maker
by BassInABand

Comment by LindaLee:
I don't feel that this is really in the spirit of the "candy" challenge. On it's own - the shot seems to be split in half, with half in focus and half out of focus. The out of focus part looks like it could have been mostly cropped off, and it would have helped the shot. I would have preferred to see a closer up shot to see the bee better.

candy maker
by BassInABand

Comment by STEINR:
Too bad you could not get any closer to the bee