nice perspective. what is it?

Nice textures, lighting and DoF. I would question the relevancy because for me the subject is the whole of the wood/metal/hook thing, even the bit that is out of the focal plane, so therefore it occupies most of the frame. Great image though.

The perspective is great...seems like it's upside down. The whole shot seems important so I don't know how minimalist it is.

I agree with the comments above. For me it doesn't seem relevent - although it is a pleasant image.

Nice rusty swirl and dof,well done !

The inspiration for the concord?

ha ha! good one ArneG.

very well done!

very nice colors. nice composition. very mystical. nicely done! should be featured soon!

Like the others, it's a nice one but it would be improved with the whole black circle

Sometimes I wish I had ideas like this! I love the color and composition. I think this is great.

Interesting and really strange (Fisheye effect with a ball reflection ??) !
Explanations from Oneye will be more constructive too : what is the support here ? (thanx)

By line I meant curve.
duh.

Glad to see that you made it. I love the solitary mood.

Wow. I am surprised this one made it from the earlier comments. Thanks.

I really like it. Totally emits solitude and I think that the log helps convey that. The fact that it is the lone thing in the water, for me, means solitude.
NIce image.

so calm... Great ambiance. All is in the suggestion, in the invisible or nearly. ;)

Very interesting, makes you look at it for a bit and try to figure it out. Nice shot, the colors are great and the bubbles really add to it.

I really like the dark green slashing through the lighter green and the bubbles give good balance. Without them I would be very lost in all the waves of the vase. I wouldn't change a thing.

very nicely done!

I like this a lot. I think the strongest elements of the picture are the contrasts of the bubbles swirling around the darkness of the stem. I might suggest a crop that accentuates that.

Well done!

Chris

Strange! Is it a shower curtain? Definately fits the theme.

Blumie,

on the contrary: that's what I was asking for. Your opinions. So I'm not bothered, by thankful for you, just like anyone else commenting.

As for the sky: it's probably blurrí because I was focussing on the cross/bird. To be brutally honest, I didn't really care about the sky, it was merely a massy background for me.

I didn't use additional blur here, but some extra sharpening. And I'm an absolute amateur, so I don't really know how I could've made it sharper :(

thanx for your comment again.

My comment follows from bioLarzen's. Just a wee bit too much sharpening for the cross and bird. I love the composition of this image.

Definately fits in the theme! Good job.

Thanx!

jseligman,

you're right. I post-processed this on on a laptop and it had too small a screen, that might be the reason I dodn't realize it was oversharpened :(

Cute image and great expression, however i wish the eyes were more in foucus.

a very nce capture-i like the reflection too.

So cute, but I also wish the eyes were a bit sharper.

thank you all, points taken, but still don't know how to sharpen the eyes part.

velu, i'm using photoshop, put 3 layers in this picture. send me an email if you need the details.

the blure in the face is great...a little bit sharpen to the eyes and the photo ist magic.

I find this a very appealing photo. It light playing off the shadows draws the eye in and has a romantic, mythical feel to it.

nice colors. very inviting. the quality of light seems like it was a mid-afternoon shot. if not what time of the day was it shot?

Great composition.. Think this fits the theme perfectly, as it seems everyone else does too :)

I like the projected light on the ground and the symmetry with the gate, plus the blueish soft tone on the cobblestones and stonewall.

does seem a little soft. but i think it's a great picture...unique

very nice!

Very nice! I don't mind the softness, to me it implies motion, almost as if the ball (?) was shot out of the blue circle in the background... I love the fact that you can't really tell what's going on, it creates a sense of wonder.

Thanks for all the comments...

The reason it is out of focus is because I uploaded the wrong file
Those thumbnails looked darn near the same :)

I like the soft focus here. The thumbnail is so fun to see, as if the sphere is floating in mid-air. Which made me take a second look.

interesting .. but a little too minimal :)

Oh I LOVE how overly minimal it is! I'd like this framed in my home. It reminds me of legos, which my fiance would love. The only thing that I personally would adjust is to make the right side cropped to the right side of the building. It would make it look less like its floating and make the building more solid to me.

Thanks Samantha - that's the question I always ask myself - would I hang this at home? Interesting idea re crop