A Little Bubble Eyed
by olddj

Comment:
Darn, I spent ages commenting on this and then got logged out - but will try to rewrite: I like the image and think it fits the challenge. The title is good and those eyes do look like bubbles. If this photo were mine I would try to capture so that the eyes were placed less closely to the frame and more to the left, so that they featured more as a point of focus - at the moment the wings seem to be the focus of attention. The surface that the insect sits on appears to slope and might benefit from levelling up in the photo manipulation software you use. I like the background which doesn't detract from the insect. I've scored this a 4, but feel that this particular image could be improved with a few careful manipulations which would turn it into a 'wow' photo. Best of luck with this in the challenge.

alien bubbles
by Happy Bunny

Comment:
I like your title on this. It certainly does make me think of an alien landscape, though I find myself wanting to find some point of focus on the photo. My eye is drawn to the bubble at the bottom left, which doesn't create a particularly good 'balance' to the photo - for me anyway, and that is where I might begin to look to improve the image if it were mine. It would be fascinating to learn what the reflections (if that's what they are) are of.

Bubbles In Blue
by dcbuie

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I'm looking closely at the photo but, unfortunately, can't make out any bubbles. The photo is smaller than it should be and appears to be out of focus. There are some interesting light reflections on the glass and the top of the glass looks like it might have an etched pattern on it, but isn't clear because of the focus issue. It reminds me a bit of my own first challenge attempt. I think there'll be some intruction in the forums, somewhere, about image sizing for upload to the challenges, if not in the rules. Hoping this won't fare 'too' badly for you. It's great fun learning and the challenges are great incentives, I think - hoping you agree.

Enveloped In Darkness
by crik

Comment:
Beautiful. Pure and simple. One little candle with so much black space around it really seems to emphasise the 'darkness', even though the eye becomes drawn toward the flame of the candle. Your photo, I think, meets the challenge well and works for me on both an artistic and emotional level. I'm still learning about the technical side of photography, so I don't feel able to comment on ways you might improve on that, but the image looks clear - in focus - and I like the composition. Giving this a 10.

Technology
by RulerZigzag

Comment:
I like this. It meets the challenge - good old Darth Vader, symbolic of the "dark side" - and the photo is interesting. However, I would have scored it higher without the red border and more 'blackness/contrast' to the background. Best of luck with it though, it's a great image. 7 from me.

where there is darkness, there is light
by snuggles0089

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I like the concept of this, but think the focus doesn't look as good as it could. The image also seems a tad cluttered. My eye is drawn over to the object on the far right too much. Nice 'glow' to the flames on the candles - and meets the challenge.

From within
by vlad_lazin

Comment:
Great for meeting the challenge, I think. Though would have preferred this so much more without the border and with a slightly different composition (more toward a portrait rather than landscape orientation). Still - an 8, I think.

Dynamics
by No1_Dogman_2004

Comment:
This is awesome. I like the angle and the colours in this one.

Frosty
by vtruan

Comment:
THE FROST

The gnawing, clawing frost
Clings to my window pane
Its feather fingers lost
For warmth they cannot gain
They stretch and creep and crack
And trace in their cold flow
An icy patterned track
Of tendrils bent in woe.

Like a fern plant growing
With crystal leaves spread out
The frondy curls not knowing
Their destiny or route
Crispy, white and fragile
Tips breaking with the strain
In final death-throws agile
Frost marks its flowery stain.

Diana (1997)
I hope you don't mind. Your photo reminded me of this poem I once wrote - and thought I would add it to your photo. The photo must have been quite difficult to take, but you seem to have captured the feathery fronds very well. Well done. Best of luck in the voting - I can definitely see the hidden face :-)

DateTime : 2004:03:25 17:46:54
by undieyatch

Comment:
Sent you a PM about the photo, as I'm not sure if you will look here to see if I left a comment.