Explode
by bonjovi

Comment by JulietNN:
Hi from the C Club

Cool blue shot here!

my 1st impressions is that it out of focus, my eye is searching for the focal point. I am not sure if the bubbles where moving or static, but try to focus on just one bubble next time.

Your shot is coming across as a little flat, play around with the brightness and contrast in your post procession to give it some depth. Also in selective colours play with the neutrals, you will be surprised at what a difference that could make.

A good try

Explode
by bonjovi

Comment by Ja-9:
I wish your color tones were even..the bottom of the picture appears to be over exposed while the top of the picture is underexposed and the center is in sharp focus...you got a good thing going here just need some more perfection

Color Of Life
by bonjovi

Comment by snaffles:
Greetings from the Critique Club!

Initial impression: Basically a good colourful shot of a popular theme in this challenge, but lacking in the WOW factor. In voting I would have given this a 6.

Technical: Good even lighting, but a bit flat. The pov is fine for this sort of immediate overhead shot; the dof could use a little work as it does look a little soft. Good use of thirds and lines.

Artistic: I love that the ends of the pencils have that odd white band, it really helps draw attention to the heart...

FWIW: ...in fact, I would have cropped this way down to drive home the shape, and really hit it with the saturation, then after resizing, used unsharp mask at least once and probably sharpen edges too.

Overall a pleasant pic and very well done in terms of execution, just needs a little more tweaking to make it pop.

Feel free to PM me with any questions.

Susan

Color Of Life
by bonjovi

Comment by sherpet:
I like this one.....

Color Of Life
by bonjovi

Comment by landon1013:
Cool. That's weird how there is white right below the color of those pencils very interesting.... anyways Cool picture I like that the pencils "sharpened point" (where the wood turns to color) almost seems to make a circle rather then a heart then the points make the heart. Colors could have popped a little more however....

Color Of Life
by bonjovi

Comment by LadyK:
love the paler colors. everything else(the other photos) are so oversaturdated, this is nice. nice comp

Color Of Life
by bonjovi

Comment by cebuloulou:
is it forming a heart or misshaped circle

Color Of Life
by bonjovi

Comment by Ja-9:
you almost have a good heart shape...just a bit more on the top and it would look better..

Color Of Life
by bonjovi

Comment by drewhosick:
Nicely done. There's just about a dreamy effect with the lighting and softer focus. It actually works well here.

The Little Red Dot - Singapore
by bonjovi

Comment by andrewt:
Nice going Vijay, good to see an active Singaporean participating more in DPC !!