thanks for all your comments

Cool photo. I'm still trying to work out what you've done here!

well done!
(I would like to see this view reduced to the reflection!)

Very nice. After reading the comments and looking again, I agree that it would be stronger with the building in focus.

Interesting perspective

yumyum - nice one! i love the color!

Nice shot. I assumed they were lemons at first glance.

I would have like just a touch more DOF to give a critical sharpness to the subject, but it's just a small quibble.

Also, there are some distracting patterns at the top of the picture. This may be a characteristic of the lens you used. You may want to consider adding a little bit of blur in post production to the 2nd row of unfocused oranges and beyond. Just a little goes a long way and make sure the transition is very soft.

@grahambo: thanks for the great tip. That would help this image a lot, thank you!

Really great image. Would have been better to my eyes with a tad more depth of field but still a good effort. Nice one.

Nice and juicy shot:-)) I only would like to see some more DOF, there are too many unsharp, but I like the idea !

Wow, I love the eyes of course, but also the light. Excellent.

Great portrait shot!! Love the eyes.

Outstanding lighting, excellent expression

Lovely shot.

Stunning expression and eyes, of course.

Nice lighting on this one. Was it an off camera flash or natural light?

Thanks for the comment! No flash was used on this picture. It was actually taken adjacent to a large sliding glass door. I post processed in lightroom. Thanks again
-Mike.

What are these spheres?
where did you find it?
nice shot

Great shot! Is this an artobject of the LightArt exhibition at Kijkduin?

You can find these speheres... at Kijkduin, The Hague, The Netherlands. www.vijftigplusser.nl/index.php?page=article&theme...

Mieg

When do they hatch? :) Very cool shot.

Very cool spheres.

I don't know I tried the scroll bar crop test and I don't think the image holds as much depth and interest if you crop off the near ones. In this framing they really start the eye moving in the scene. My only thought was to mask that area and pull up the contrast a little so the tonal range matches the deeper part of the image.

Thanks for the the interesting comments. I'm far from mastering the masking techniques.I should give it a try...

those are nifty lanterns

Thanks, Daniel :o)

Nice composition and well captured. Very interesting photo.

Brisbane River and the joining cityscape along the river bank at dusk in the city of Brisbane in Australia.

Nice use of DOF, nice lighting, interesting subject. Part of the subject being cropped off ruins the whole photo for me. Actually the more I look at it the more the DOF looks off to me. Was the background blurred post processing?

Nice colours but I agree with above comments. Would be nice not to have cropped as tightly and a bit more focus would work well if possible.

I agree about the framing would be better a little looser. I'm not sure I would have put this one in "Rust", there isn't really much rust on this, more of a patina I would call it. This might do better in "Shallow DOF".

My mind questions the doorknob handle falling out of the frame to the left, the slight bit that is missing draws my eye. And now for the positive- the warm colors are wonderful and the subject matter is interesting.

This just misses being a great capture. Great colors and decent composition. The lower portion of the photo leaves something to be desired.

Thanks to all of you for your comments. I totally agree with you: This leaf needs more DOF....I've been betrayed by my 50mm f/1.8 !!!

Nice colours dude

the colors are great! would love to see more dof. great job!

I really like how the green stands alone. Can you tell me what DOF is though?

Very lovely colors and composition. I think the dof is good, but a little more would be better.

Nice shot.

this is a funny shot. I like it.