Blooms in Darkness
by weine

Comment:
Yes, I agree that the focus is in the wrong place. Since I took this photo when travelling I had no option to go back and take another shot with the right bits in focus though. The reason I picked the photo for the Free Study is that I love how the colours turned out. I normally never edit my photos (this image is only slightly cropped), meaning that if the colours don't look nice right out of the camera I don't use the photo.

Now, in arrears I should probably take more photos of the same object, to ensure that at least one of them ends up with correct focus :)

Anyway, thanks for the feedback!

Lotus flower
by weine

Comment:

Originally posted by Revecca: Really nice composition and pretty colors on your bokeh. The flower could be a bit sharper though.

Thanks! Yes, sadly the flower isn't quite in focus.

We got to this section of the botanical garden so late that we had to rush through it;
too much time spent looking at the bonzai exhibition. On top of that I was quite unfocused myself,
since it was too warm for my comfort (though I guess I shouldn't complain since I was told that
back home it was +6°C; we had +29°C).

Wheat field
by P-A-U-L

Comment:
My favourite (by far) in this challenge.

waterfall
by weine

Comment:
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it (though, truth to tell the trip was so awesome in itself that I wouldn't even have minded to end up last).

If you're referring to the circular black thing, then it's actually a rock or something in the waterfall (I compared to the photos I took from other angles, just to make sure). I can agree that it doesn't look very nice though...

The foreground is indeed shaky.

A Sound of Thunder
by Lawton

Comment:
If it wasn't for the tilted horizon I would've given this a ten. I love the colours, especially the break between landscape and sky.

"The Lake"
by mrbig65

Comment:
Really beautiful!

Safe harbour
by Ecce_Signum

Comment:
This one was my favourite in the wide angle challenge. Gives me inner peace. Great photo!

Weeping
by Ammie

Comment:
I'm totally flabbergasted that this one didn't end up getting a ribbon. Oh well, at least you get my personal blue ribbon for this.

Weeping
by Ammie

Comment:
My favourite in this challenge.

Deep DOF, Leading lines & Rule of Thirds
by sekarmalathy

Comment:
Amazing shot! Looks like the perfect photo for a jigsaw puzzle.