Landed
by bubeltrubel

Comment:
Nice bukeh

Margarita
by rickylp

Comment:
Concept already used in Shallow DOF II entry.

Odd Man Out
by ralfw

Comment:
Best card shot so far.

Probing
by noraneko

Comment:
Nice angle.

Mouse in the Cereal Again
by woodsey

Comment:
DOF?

Peacock Strands
by Demersus

Comment:
DOF?

Bed of Flowers
by -MK-

Comment:
Thanks for the comments.

I have to say I was slightly surprised about the numerous "This is not still life" comments I got from the conservative DPC -members. In retrospect, I should have seen that coming. The critique came from not having arranged the composition of the objects manually, but the photo IS the composition IMHO; when walking on a large field of flowers and selecting a small section of the field from a certain angle you are in essence making the composition. I don´t think you have to cut down the flowers and put them in a vase to make them "Still life", that´s really narrowminded.

About the composition; I was indeed aiming for more of a graphical presentation, but I didn´t succeed as well as I hoped -I didn´t manage to get the picture flat enough. The original setup reminded me of a flag of some weird Hippy Country, that´s why I split the dark/light in the middle to get two different colored sides. I should have used a 1/3 division to get a more flag-like feel. And less flowers. Perhaps only few in a circle on the borderline of the shodow.

About the lighting; Yes, it is overexposed, but fixing that was not my aim in PS. I simply tried to get the balance between the dark/light side the way I wanted. In that I succeeded depending on the monitor I used to view the photo... it looks really different in some monitors.

N.B. I have to check the ND filter when I have the time, thanks for the tip.

?
by -MK-

Comment:
Thanks for your comments.

I found them quite encouraging since I was a bit dissapointed with the score. My main aim in this challenge was to photograph something else then the usual waterdrops on leaves, feathers or... elephant asses (???)

Secret window
by Gordon

Comment:
Excellent pic. The window gives it a bit of a Twilight Zone feel. Is a pity that most people must have missed the shadow effect... 9